Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:16:06 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: advice needed for fiddling with the statclock initialization Message-ID: <38E0BEA6.DFA14521@we.lc.ehu.es>
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Hello,
I found a very strange problem with the statclock interrupts (IRQ8)
on my Dell I3.7k laptop: these interrupts are not being generated
(or routed by the interrupt controller) under some circumstances. These
circumstances are rather surprising: the problem happens when the machine
is rebooted, or when it is suspended and resumed, while AC-powered in both
cases. I think that the BIOS does something (God knows what) with the timer,
leaving it in some state the FreeBSD's clock initialization routines
don't deal with adequately.
Unfortunately, I have no info about the PC's timers, so I would be
grateful for some help. If someone has any idea about what things could
I try, I am willing to test them (I have both 3.4-RELEASE and 4.0-RELEASE
installed on the laptop). Also, pointers to docs (or recommendations of
books about PC hardware) will be welcome.
Thanks in advance,
-- JMA
José Mª Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org
"Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein
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