Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 16:58:26 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Matthew Thyer <thyerm@eddie.dsto.defence.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is tickadj still required in -CURRENT ? Message-ID: <5367.907858706@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 23:12:52 %2B0930." <199810081342.XAA01038@eddie.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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In message <199810081342.XAA01038@eddie.dsto.defence.gov.au>, Matthew Thyer writes: >As the manual tickadj(8) says: > >BUGS > Fiddling with kernel variables at run time as a part of ordinary opera- > tions is a hideous practice which is only necessary to make up for defi- > ciencies in the implementation of adjtime(8) in many kernels and/or bro- > kenness of the system clock in some vendors' kernels. It would be much > better if the kernels were fixed and the tickadj program went away. > > >So, has FreeBSD-CURRENT's kernel been fixed and can tickadj be removed >from the base system ? Yes and no. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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