Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:16:26 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clock runs too fast Message-ID: <432.1031480186@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Sep 2002 23:19:52 EDT." <20020907231952.A5525@attbi.com>
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In message <20020907231952.A5525@attbi.com>, Craig Rodrigues writes: >I reset my timecounter: >sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 > >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? Put it in /etc/rc.early: sysctl kern.timecounterhardware=i8254 I have not been able to understand in what way this board fails :-( Does the time run uniformly fast, ie: 7 minutes every 5, all the time, or is it erratic ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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