Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 14:54:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Yaning Wang <yaning@shell.dave-world.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: calcru: ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971224145305.10003P-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <34A0AE09.7233@shell.dave-world.net>
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On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Yaning Wang wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed FreeBSD(2.2.1) into my old PC (pentium 60). > Every thing seems fine, except from time to time the following > message poped out to the console: > > calcru: negative time: -(some number) usec > > It does not seem to have any other negative impact to the usage > of FreeBSD. > Can anyone tell me what the message means, what is the cause ? I think the last explanation for this is one of the following: 1. Your system clock isn't consistent. 2. Your system is blocking interrupts for excessive periods of time. It's harmless, if annoying. Check the mail archives, particularly on -hackers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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