periodic mode problem

[sseeger@stellartec.com (Steven Seeger)]

Setting the clockmode to periodic (of any period value) works fine on two
systems here, but when calling that line on a Geode small footprint PC the
PC starts acting funny. If I hit backspace at a linux prompt the beep never
stops. If I try and remove my modules, I get a bunch of "timed out on
pthread_wait_delete" error messages. If I try and reboot with the modules
running it hangs. If I try to mount a disk the system hangs and corrupts my
mtab file. Any idea what's going on? Is there any way to get around this
issue?

Steve