Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:21:37 +0930 From: Brian Astill <bastill@adam.com.au> To: Shantanu Mahajan <freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mircouptime()??? Message-ID: <200305190921.37403.bastill@adam.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030518213036.GA1513@dhumketu.homeunix.net> References: <20030518213036.GA1513@dhumketu.homeunix.net>
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On Mon, 19 May 2003 07:00 am, Shantanu Mahajan wrote: > Hi! > =09I got the following msg. > > microuptime() went backwards (14208.429157 -> 13513.043743) > > =09what does it mean? should i have to worry? Of course you do! The phenomenon isn't "dangerous", but the lines=20 giving the error message given repeatedly and endlessly in your log=20 will fill up /var PDQ! In addition, strange things can happen to your=20 operation of apps due to memory access problems. The usual cause is a VIA chipset incompatibility. The usual cure is to=20 recompile your kernel with all reference to apm _removed_ (it isn't=20 enough to rely on the default "disabled" status). --=20 Regards, Brian
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