From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 10 20:49:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA19315 for current-outgoing; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 20:49:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA19301 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 20:49:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA11592; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 21:49:12 -0600 Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 21:49:12 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199606110349.VAA11592@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Bruce Evans Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CLOCK stuff at bootup In-Reply-To: <199606110240.MAA08156@godzilla.zeta.org.au> References: <199606110240.MAA08156@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> >> The i8254 clock determines long term accuracy. Run for a while and > >> >> determine the drift and/or the time daemon adjustments. > >> > >> >How? > >> > >> Compare the output of `date` with an accurate clock or look in the time > >> deaemon log files. > > >And how would I do that? I'm not sure what kind of 'drift' I'm > >expecting. > > >(Forgive me, but I'm not clock expert, nor do I understand what all of > >this buys me if I have to hand-set all of these variables.) > > Then don't ask. The defaults work the same as before. Don't stick stuff in the default kernel that don't make any sense. I just went back to your original email, and it doesn't make any more sense now than it did then. (No offense). It's too technical for the 'average' user, but you're making the default verbosity enough to peak the interest of the average user. Help me help you by making your instructions more clear please. Don't assume I have a clue, then I will be more able to help you do whatever it is you're trying to do. :) Nate