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Date:      Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:42:57 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        stenn@whimsy.udel.edu
Cc:        bde@freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/16113: Kernel page fault panic using sysctl to change timer frequency 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001191932230.751-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051.948224090@whimsy.udel.edu>

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 stenn@whimsy.udel.edu wrote:

> How about some useful information  on how to avoid or detect the
> situation?

Don't attempt to change clocks that aren't used for timecounting.
The machine-dependent clock frequencies can be compared with the
timecounter frequency to determin which one is in use.  There doesn't
seem to be anything better than clock_getres() for determining the
timecounter frequency.

Bruce



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