From owner-cvs-all Mon Nov 30 10:07:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21795 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:07:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA21790; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:07:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA00799; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:06:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:06:56 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199811301806.KAA00799@apollo.backplane.com> To: Peter Wemm Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Mike Smith , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_clock.c References: <199811301508.XAA11566@spinner.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk : :Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: :> In message <199811301410.GAA03905@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes: :calcru: negative time .... :calcru: negative time .... :calcru: negative time .... :calcru: negative time .... :calcru: negative time .... :calcru: negative time .... :[.. etc etc ...] : :over and over again better than doing this once: : :calcru: negative time .... :WARNING: switching timecounter to slightly slower method. Set the sysctl :'kern.timecounter.method' 1 at boot to make this permanent (see /etc/rc.conf). I don't like this at all. The system should get it right the first time. If the 'slightly slower method' works and the faster method does not work reliably, we shouldn't use the faster method at all. -Matt : :Cheers, :-Peter Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet Communications & God knows what else. (Please include original email in any response) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message