From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Nov 11 13:35: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED13937B401 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:34:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from server07.icaen.uiowa.edu (server07.icaen.uiowa.edu [128.255.17.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 113A343E42 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:34:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michael-mackey@uiowa.edu) Received: from server11.icaen.uiowa.edu (server11.icaen.uiowa.edu [128.255.17.51]) by server07.icaen.uiowa.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA00663 for sent by ; Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:35:05 -0600 (CST) Received: from focaccia. (12-217-236-86.client.mchsi.com [12.217.236.86]) by server11.icaen.uiowa.edu (8.9.3/smtp-service-1.6) with ESMTP id PAA01950 for ; sent by ; Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:34:46 -0600 (CST) Subject: Extreme time drift in SMP mode From: "Michael A. Mackey" To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 11 Nov 2002 15:34:40 -0600 Message-Id: <1037050487.14529.17.camel@focaccia.> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have recently installed 5.0-CURRENT onto my AlphaServer 2100A. When running an SMP kernel, the time drift is very large. I am running ntpd, but it doesn't correct the error in system time. The only solution: use CRON to run ntpdate (this prevents ntpd from running) efvery few minutes. This solution is much less than desirable, as I won;t this box to run kerberos. Is there some solution to this problem? Michael Mackey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message