Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 21:50:59 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Dieringer <martin.dieringer@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: clock too slow - big time offset with ntpdate Message-ID: <20070502045059.GA69219@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20070501204548.L860@thinkpad.dieringer.dyndns.org> References: <20070501204548.L860@thinkpad.dieringer.dyndns.org>
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On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 08:50:10PM +0200, Martin Dieringer wrote: > I get about half a second time offsets after 10 seconds, and more > than 100s after half an hour or so. > I think it has to do with powerd, if I kill that, the time stays correct. > It happens both on a Compaq nc4000 and an IBM ThinkPad T42p laptop. I'm sorry this isn't more conclusive... This almost sounds like an interrupt-related problem while in a power-saving state. I swear I just read a thread about this on -stable, pertaining to how certain power states disable features of interrupt controllers... I can't seem to find the discussion though, argh! -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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