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Subject: Re: clock too slow - big time offset with ntpdate
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> Hi,
>
> I get about half a second time offsets after 10 seconds, and more
> than 100s after half an hour or so.
> I think it has to do with powerd, if I kill that, the time stays correct.
> It happens both on a Compaq nc4000 and an IBM ThinkPad T42p laptop.
>
> Can this be solved?
> thanks
> m.

This has got to do with the speed stepping of the CPU to save battery.
Far as I know there's no fix yet.

Guys is it possible to hack powerd to change a sysctl variable when it 
changes the CPU frequency or isn't it that simple?

-Clay