From owner-freebsd-current Sat Sep 7 20:20: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE5737B400 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:19:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dibbler.ne.client2.attbi.com (dibbler.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.61.41.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B82643E42 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:19:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rodrigc@attbi.com) Received: from dibbler.ne.client2.attbi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dibbler.ne.client2.attbi.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g883Jr5q005559 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 23:19:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rodrigc@dibbler.ne.client2.attbi.com) Received: (from rodrigc@localhost) by dibbler.ne.client2.attbi.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g883JrmV005558 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 23:19:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 23:19:52 -0400 From: Craig Rodrigues To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Clock runs too fast Message-ID: <20020907231952.A5525@attbi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I have been having this problem with -current for the past 2 weeks now (I am new to -current and just started using it 2 weeks ago). I just did a cvsup and rebuilt the kernel and rebuilt the world. My clock seems to be running too fast, and I keep resetting it with ntpdate. I looked at this FAQ entry for hints, "Why is the clock on my laptop keep incorrect time?" http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/05.26.shtml My default sysctl value for kern.timecounter hardware is: kern.timecounter.hardware: ACPI-safe The Timecounters available on my system are: dmesg | grep Timecounter Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter "TSC" frequency 400910436 Hz Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec I reset my timecounter: sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 Now the clock seems to run at a more reasonable rate. Is there a problem with the ACPI code or with my hardware (an ASUS P5A-B motherboard from about 3 or 4 years ago). How can I default to i8254 as my default timer? Is there something I should put in device.hints? -- Craig Rodrigues http://www.gis.net/~craigr rodrigc@attbi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message