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From: "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
To: "Charles Swiger" <cswiger@mac.com>,
	"Ryan Winograd" <rylwin@houston.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 18:19:24 -0400
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On May 4, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Ryan Winograd wrote:
> I recently noticed that the system clock on a machine i recently
set
> up is running very quickly, about 2x realtime by my measuring.
What
> can i do to solve/investigate this problem? What information would
be
> helpful?

Try changing the kern.timecounter.hardware sysctl; you can look at
the
available choices via:

	 sysctl kern.timecounter.choice

--
-Chuck

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sysctl kern.timecounter.choice does not work on my 4.10 system

sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware  and sysctl kern.timecounter do
work.