Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:33:40 +0200 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: "Arno J. Klaassen" <arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> Cc: acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan S3992-E: hpet no longer working Message-ID: <4D2B8944.6030200@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <wpwrmc4f9n.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> References: <wpk4ij3u9f.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> <201101101500.45783.jhb@freebsd.org> <4D2B67E4.70907@FreeBSD.org> <201101101515.47127.jhb@freebsd.org> <wpwrmc4f9n.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr>
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Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > Sure .. that said, the BIOS I use is the last official release for this > board (Sept 2009) and not even a more recent beta-release is available. > > I would expect reporting a disabled device which cannot be enabled via > de BIOS a bug deserving a newer release. > > Anyway, this bug isn't very harmful for me, but the non-hpet > timecounters don't seem that fun either : > > # uptime > 10:27PM up 2 days, 5:44 > > # sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware kern.timecounter.choice > kern.timecounter.hardware: ACPI-safe > kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(-100) i8254(0) ACPI-safe(850) dummy(-1000000) > > # vmstat -i | fgrep cpu: > cpu0:timer 38599321 199 > cpu6:timer 2151003 11 > cpu1:timer 7121075 36 > cpu3:timer 1808269 9 > cpu5:timer 3832463 19 > cpu2:timer 2399988 12 > cpu7:timer 2013444 10 > cpu4:timer 21630368 111 > > (default HZ ....) > > Maybe I should try downgrading the BIOS? So what here seems not funny to you? Lower timer interrupt rate is not a bug but feature of 9-CURRENT. -- Alexander Motin
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