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Date:      Sun, 6 Dec 1998 17:20:00 -0800 (PST)
From:      ortmann@sparc.isl.net
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re:kern/8940:systemclockrunsextremelyslowly(andsiooverflows?)
Message-ID:  <199812070120.RAA08628@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/8940; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: ortmann@sparc.isl.net
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, ortmann@sparc.isl.net
Cc:  Subject: Re:kern/8940:systemclockrunsextremelyslowly(andsiooverflows?)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:15:20 -0600 (CST)

 The patch to fix an apm problem (reportedly #8280) does
 not affect this time problem.  That is, when the following
 patch is applied:
 
 --- apm.c
 Thu Dec  3 23:09:47 1998
 +++ apm.c.new
 Thu Dec  3 23:09:44 1998
 @@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
  
 sc->ds_base = (apm_ds_base << 4) + APM_KERNBASE;
  
 sc->cs32_limit = apm_cs32_limit - 1;
  
 if (apm_cs16_limit == 0)
 -
     apm_cs16_limit == apm_cs32_limit;
 +
     apm_cs16_limit = apm_cs32_limit;
  
 sc->cs16_limit = apm_cs16_limit - 1;
  
 sc->ds_limit = apm_ds_limit - 1;
  
 sc->cs_entry = apm_cs_entry;
 
 (sorry for the extra newlines there)
 ... the clock still runs slowly (or perhaps stops).
 
 This problem is still live.
 

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