..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 01/18/2008 05:14 AM, Arne Chr. Jorgensen wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 
> I wish I was able to break all of this down, as I don't
> understand much of it. Hope someone here may add some
> comment.
> 
> 
> On a HP-Compac 6715b, I got the included errors. It would
> only recognize text mode during install ( text mode install
> has errors that hasn't been corrected since ? FC5 ? ) and
> I had to download propritary driver from ATI. Several 
> applications fails ( could seem like a timer error ? )
> 
> Anyway, I include the /var/log/dmesg files for 2 Fedora8
> 

Hmm...

> ATI board detected. Disabling timer routing over 8254.

Try the "enable_8254_timer" kernel option? If that works, make sure
the system clock isn't running twice as fast as it should.