Actually I think that is because it may be using the newer TSC: dmesg | grep clocksource [ 0.000000] clocksource: kvm-clock: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x1cd42e4dffb, max_idle_ns: 881590591483 ns [ 0.000000] clocksource: refined-jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645519600211568 ns [ 0.000000] clocksource: hpet: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604467 ns [ 0.092665] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 7645041785100000 ns [ 0.366429] clocksource: Switched to clocksource kvm-clock [ 0.378974] clocksource: acpi_pm: mask: 0xffffff max_cycles: 0xffffff, max_idle_ns: 2085701024 ns [ 1.666474] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3200.013 MHz [ 1.666479] clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x2e20562a1bb, max_idle_ns: 440795285529 ns On 25 January 2017 at 22:26, Jonathan Morton wrote: > > > On 25 Jan, 2017, at 23:20, Hans-Kristian Bakke > wrote: > > > > ​[ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET 0x00000000BFFE274F 000038 (v01 BOCHS > BXPCHPET 00000001 BXPC 00000001) > > [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000 > > [ 0.000000] clocksource: hpet: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: > 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604467 ns > > [ 0.000000] hpet clockevent registered > > [ 0.362335] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0 > > [ 0.362339] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 100.000000 MHz counter > > [ 0.661731] rtc_cmos 00:00: alarms up to one day, y3k, 114 bytes > nvram, hpet irqs > > Conspicuously absent here is a line saying “clocksource: Switched to > clocksource hpet”. That may be worth examining in more detail. > > - Jonathan Morton > >