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Date:      Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:35:54 -0500
From:      Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com>
To:        'Kris Kennaway' <kris@obsecurity.org>, Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Time jumping on both 4.x and 5.x ...
Message-ID:  <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C85337035E3F62@mail.sandvine.com>

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From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris@obsecurity.org]
> 
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 11:32:28AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> Content-Description: signed data
> > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:19, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > >
> > > Are all affected machines multi-processor?
> > 
> > None. Both are i386 UP (although the 4.9-RELEASE box is 
> running an SMP-enabled 
> > kernel).
> 
> I didn't think 4.x SMP kernels could run on a UP machine.

They can if the machine has an APIC. ie most P3 and newer
boards will run a MP kernel even if only one processor
is installed.

For me, the bug reproduces on 4.7, and if I set
kern.timecounter.method=1, the problem goes away. I've
reproduced on both TSC and i8254.

--don



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