Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:49:16 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_clock.c Message-ID: <12857.912451756@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:06:56 PST." <199811301806.KAA00799@apollo.backplane.com>
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In message <199811301806.KAA00799@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon writes: > >: >: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. Well, once I've (re-)determined the exact cost, we may not, but until then fell free to set the variable if you feel like it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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