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Date:      Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:57:09 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Michael A. Mackey" <michael-mackey@uiowa.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Extreme time drift in SMP mode
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021111165709.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <1037050487.14529.17.camel@focaccia.>

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On 11-Nov-2002 Michael A. Mackey wrote:
> 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?

Not at the moment.  Does the time run too fast or too slow?

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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