From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 15:36:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C072106566C for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:36:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@m2.seamanpaper.com) Received: from buster.seamanpaper.com (buster.seamanpaper.com [67.158.116.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA5E8FC13 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:36:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@m2.seamanpaper.com) Received: (qmail 14099 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2008 11:36:36 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO junco.intranet.seamanpaper.com) (192.168.10.133) by buster.seamanpaper.com with SMTP; 9 Jun 2008 11:36:36 -0400 Received: (qmail 51833 invoked by uid 0); 9 Jun 2008 15:37:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.10.80?) (192.168.10.80) by 192.168.10.133 with SMTP; 9 Jun 2008 15:37:55 -0000 Message-ID: <484D4E04.1000100@m2.seamanpaper.com> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:36:36 -0400 From: Jeff Dickens User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <48499CCD.2010708@m2.seamanpaper.com> <20080607060451.GA28805@laverenz.de> In-Reply-To: <20080607060451.GA28805@laverenz.de> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080207010209070300000700" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: vmware timekeeping X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jeff@seamanpaper.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:36:37 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080207010209070300000700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Uwe Laverenz wrote: > On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 04:23:41PM -0400, Jeff Dickens wrote: > > >> option turned on in ESX's .vmx file, and I have "hint.apic.0.disabled=1" >> in my FreeBSD guest's /boot/loader.conf. >> > > This shouldn't be necessary in FreeBSD >= 6.2. > > hmm. >> I used to have "kern.hz=100" in loader.conf, but that caused the guest >> to gain time even faster. >> > > "100" is ok, I'm using this value on all virtual machines. > > >> Does anyone have a good recipe for decent timekeeping in this config? >> > > Is it possible to upgrade your ESX from 3.0.2 to 3.5x? If not, there is > another setting on the ESX side that helps with timing problems (FreeBSD > or Linux guests): change "Advanced Settings/Misc/Misc.Timer/MinHardPeriod" > from 400 to 100 (this is default on ESX 3.5x). > > Unfortunately IBM has not certified my hardware (xSeries 226) with ESX 3.5, and the installation just hangs, so I'm stuck on 3.0.2 for now. Thanks, I will try that suggestion. > Uwe > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --------------080207010209070300000700--