From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 2 12:42:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA15698 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:42:32 -0800 Received: from werple.net.au (0@werple.mira.net.au [203.9.190.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA15685 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:42:29 -0800 Received: from cimaxp1.UUCP (Ucimlogi@localhost) by werple.net.au (8.7/8.7.1) with UUCP id HAA16702 for hackers@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 07:17:53 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199512022017.HAA16702@werple.net.au> X-Authentication-Warning: werple.net.au: Ucimlogi set sender to cimaxp1!jb using -f Received: by cimaxp1.cimlogic.com.au; (5.65/1.1.8.2/10Sep95-0953AM) id AA00771; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 07:16:16 +1100 From: John Birrell Subject: Re: Hyperactive time To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 07:16:15 +1100 (EST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, jb@cimlogic.com.au In-Reply-To: <199512020822.AAA01205@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Dec 2, 95 00:22:12 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I just realised I'm seeing this as well, > I noticed that xearth is showing daylight here, bat my eyes say differnt > if I look outside.. > A kernel compiled on Nov 26 is ok, > but one compiled Wednesday seems to have fun with time.. > "aha! I'll call it tardis!.. tardis.tfs.com.. has a certain ring to it.. Only if you can get inside the box. Now, I'd liiike to seeee that! > and I can go home earlier too!" Depends if the machine jumps the day your ticket is for. Overnight the machine skipped more than a day (doing nothing). > > julian.. > > > Could it be seeing the xntpd packets that OSF/1 puts out? > not unless you're running xntpd on the BSD box.. I'm not. > you could have a cron job htat does > ntpdate osfbox every 5 minutes :) Our build process requires timestamps to be accurate. Things don't get updated even if I use a 5 minute update for time. > does the dmesg show your CPU (if it's a pentium) > as being the right speed? Its a 486. dmesg says this... FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 30 18:32:49 EST 1995 jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au:/usr/src/sys/compile/FREEBSD1 CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU) real memory = 16384000 (4000 pages) avail memory = 14983168 (3658 pages) Probing for devices on the ISA bus: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 5 on isa lpt0: Interrupt-driven port lp0: TCP/IP capable interface fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa fdc0: NEC 765 fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): wd0: 696MB (1427328 sectors), 1416 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): wd1: 696MB (1427328 sectors), 1416 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S aha0: AHA-154x[AB]-V0.5, enabling residuals, target ops aha0: reading board settings, dma=5 int=11 (bus speed defaulted) aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa aha0 waiting for scsi devices to settle (aha0:0:0): "FUJITSU M2266S-512 0020" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(aha0:0:0): Direct-Access 1029MB (2107704 512 byte sectors) (aha0:2:0): "ARCHIVE VIPER 2525 25462 -905" type 1 removable SCSI 1 st0(aha0:2:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty scd0 not found at 0x230 ie0 at 0x360-0x36f irq 7 maddr 0xd0000 msize 65536 on isa <3C507 R1> ethernet address 00:60:8c:5b:06:4a npx0 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface Although it was built on Nov 30, the source was off the 2.0.5R CD. -- John Birrell CIMlogic Pty Ltd jb@cimlogic.com.au 119 Cecil Street Ph +61 3 9690 9600 South Melbourne Vic 3205 Fax +61 3 9690 6650 Australia Mob +61 18 353 137