Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 14:44:40 +0200 From: Daniel Rock <D.Rock@t-online.de> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clock runs too fast Message-ID: <3D7B4638.1060007@t-online.de> References: <20020907231952.A5525@attbi.com>
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Craig Rodrigues schrieb: >Hi, > >I have been having this problem with -current for the past 2 weeks now >(I am new to -current and just started using it 2 weeks ago). >I just did a cvsup and rebuilt the kernel and rebuilt the world. > >My clock seems to be running too fast, and I keep resetting it >with ntpdate. > >[...] > >Now the clock seems to run at a more reasonable rate. > >Is there a problem with the ACPI code or with my >hardware (an ASUS P5A-B motherboard from about 3 or 4 years ago). > >How can I default to i8254 as my default timer? Is there >something I should put in device.hints? > I had similar problems with a Gigabyte GA-5AX (also with ALi Aladdin V chipset). Without setting debug.acpi.disable = "timer" the clock runs twice as fast as it should be. This problem seems to be introduced in the ACPI update around July 2001. I didn't find any solution other than disabling ACPI timecounter. Daniel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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