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What does "clocksource tsc unstable" mean?

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Mar 15, 202631199 views
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Whenever I see Linux booting, I see this message: where NNNNNNNN is some very large number which may be positive or negative. What does this message mean? Should I be concerned about this?

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I honestly see this message for the first time today and have no clue what it actually means. That being said, I read the Wikipedia article on the Time Stamp Counter (which is what the in the error message stands for). The article mentions a problem…

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