On Tue, 31 May 2005, genosensor wrote:
> I was starting to go down the adjtimes path myself.
> What value of the '-f' parameter worked best for you?
adjtimex -f 1130422
HTH
Jim
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> - brent
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> --- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 29 May 2005, genosensor wrote:
> >
> > > Jim,
> > >
> > > I just upgraded one of my TS7200's to the ts8 kernel to get
> > > rid of the multi-percent clock drift. My experience is
> > > exactly as you describe. 16 seonds lost in 20 hrs.
> > > Changing the divisor from 5085 to 5084 makes the clock
> > > acceptably accurate. Thanks. Maybe this fix can
> > > go into ts9 :-)
> >
> > And using adjtimex (I compiled it into the version of busybox I use, I
> > seem to remember it wasn't part of the onboard busybox set) I've got it
> > tuned to be accurate to about 1 sec in 5 days. Which is more than
> accurate
> > enough for my uses.
> >
> > cheers
> > Jim
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Jesse et al.
> > > >
> > > > I've found sometime to patch the kernel with this and try it out.
> > > > I've found that the value "5085" caused about 8 secs to be lost
> in just
> > > > over 10 hours (about 1 sec in 4500 lost) so I have used a value
> of 5084
> > > > which gives a better accuracy - at least for my crystal and board.
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Jesse Off wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > It looks like the following patch to the kernel fixes (for the
> > > most part)
> > > > > the horrible time drift. Apply this patch to
> > > > > include/asm-arm/arch-ep93xx/time.h and recompile a kernel to fix.
> > > > >
> > > > > //Jesse Off
> > > > >
> > > > > Index: time.h
> > > > >
> ===================================================================
> > > > > RCS file:
> > > /cvsroot/ts-7200/dist/linux24/include/asm-arm/arch-ep93xx/time.h,v
> > > > > retrieving revision 1.1
> > > > > retrieving revision 1.2
> > > > > diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
> > > > > --- time.h 22 Jul 2004 19:50:54 -0000 1.1
> > > > > +++ time.h 1 Dec 2004 20:03:07 -0000 1.2
> > > > > @@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
> > > > > /* First timer channel used for timer interrupt */
> > > > >
> > > > > /*
> > > > > - * We want the timer interval setup for 10,000 uSec.
> > > > > - */
> > > > > -#define TIMER_INTERVAL 10000 /* uSeconds */
> > > > > -
> > > > > -
> > > > > -/*
> > > > > * IRQ handler for the timer
> > > > > */
> > > > > static void ep93xx_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct
> > > pt_regs *regs)
> > > > > @@ -66,8 +60,8 @@
> > > > > * the timer load value is the timer interval
> > > > > * divided by 2.
> > > > > */
> > > > > - outl( (TIMER_INTERVAL >> 1), TIMER1LOAD );
> > > > > - outl( (TIMER_INTERVAL >> 1), TIMER1VALUE); /* countdown */
> > > > > + outl( 5085, TIMER1LOAD );
> > > > > + outl( 5085, TIMER1VALUE); /* countdown */
> > > > >
> > > > > /*
> > > > > * Set up Timer 1 for 508 kHz clock and periodic mode.
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