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Date:      Wed, 04 Nov 1998 17:20:39 -0500 (EST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange Error
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981104172039.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
In-Reply-To: <199811042053.MAA01797@dingo.cdrom.com>

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Mike Smith, On 04-Nov-98 you wrote:
>  
>  This is a known bug in the current timer code; we are still trying to
>  debug it.  A dead chicken worth waving is to put 
>  
>  options              "NTIMECOUNTER=10"

Done!  Thanx!

>  in your kernel config.  You should also pass the details to Poul, as he 
>  may have things for you to try.  Make sure you tell him you're seeing 
>  this on an Alpha.

Done

>  
> > Got this on the console:
> > 
> > Nov  2 10:17:32 copper /kernel: calcru: negative time of -8067117 usec
> > for
> > pid 23391 (cc)
> > 
> > And buildworld exited with:
> > 
> > cc -fpic -DPIC -DLIBC_RCS -DSYSLIBC_RCS
> > -I/usr/src/3.0/src/lib/libc/include
> > -D__DBINTERFACE_PRIVATE -DPOSIX_MISTAKE
> > -I/usr/src/3.0/src/lib/libc/../libc/locale -DBROKEN_DES -DYP
> > -I/usr/obj/elf/usr/src/3.0/src/tmp/usr/include
> > -I/usr/src/3.0/src/lib/libc/alpha -c ioctl.S -o ioctl.so
> > *** Signal 24
> > 
> > Stop.
> > 
> > Nasty, Eh?  The system has 640MB of RAM and 256MB of swap.  That is the
> > only thing running...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sincerely Yours,                 Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
> >                                              770.265.7340
> > Simon Shapiro
> > 
> > Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth
> > 
> > 
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> > 
>  
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Sincerely Yours,                 Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
                                             770.265.7340
Simon Shapiro

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