3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
index 477b24daff53..9a0060b92e32 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_pit = {
 
 static int __init init_pit_clocksource(void)
 {
-        if (num_possible_cpus() > 4) /* PIT does not scale! */
+        if (num_possible_cpus() > 1) /* PIT does not scale! */
                 return 0;
 
         clocksource_pit.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(CLOCK_TICK_RATE, 20);
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
index b8fa0a8b2e47..fbc95828cd74 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ static int tsc_update_callback(void)
         int change = 0;
 
         /* check to see if we should switch to the safe clocksource: */
-        if (clocksource_tsc.rating != 50 && check_tsc_unstable()) {
-                clocksource_tsc.rating = 50;
+        if (clocksource_tsc.rating != 0 && check_tsc_unstable()) {
+                clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
                 clocksource_reselect();
                 change = 1;
         }
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static int __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)
                                                         clocksource_tsc.shift);
                 /* lower the rating if we already know its unstable: */
                 if (check_tsc_unstable())
-                        clocksource_tsc.rating = 50;
+                        clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
 
                 init_timer(&verify_tsc_freq_timer);
                 verify_tsc_freq_timer.function = verify_tsc_freq;
diff --git a/kernel/time/jiffies.c b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
index 126bb30c4afe..a99b2a6e6a07 100644
--- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static cycle_t jiffies_read(void)
 
 struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies = {
         .name           = "jiffies",
-        .rating         = 0, /* lowest rating*/
+        .rating         = 1, /* lowest valid rating*/
         .read           = jiffies_read,
         .mask           = 0xffffffff, /*32bits*/
         .mult           = NSEC_PER_JIFFY << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */