[lug] Clock drifting - SOLVED

[Lee Woodworth]

John Hernandez wrote:
> I solved the problem by booting with the kernel option 'noapic'.  Thanks
> to the previous responders for helping get my investigation on track.
> 
> I'm curious:  What is apic, and what's the tradoff of running 'noapic'?
apic = Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
Don't know about the tradeoffs, but probably something like the
number of interrupts, choice of edge or level triggering.