From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 06:16:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF1FD106566C for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 06:16:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uwe@laverenz.de) Received: from mo-p07-ob.rzone.de (mo-p07-ob.rzone.de [81.169.146.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB4E8FC12 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 06:16:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uwe@laverenz.de) X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo07 X-RZG-AUTH: l30WrtbrzmfyRJtZ7/TtK2Lnf751/YNyk/URm7QLXWJvT8dPnFxzd4yxzYSMJnQt Received: from athena.laverenz.de ([91.66.27.25]) by post.webmailer.de (klopstock mo25) (RZmta 16.42) with ESMTP id 2069f2k571f3gV for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:04:52 +0200 (MEST) (envelope-from: ) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E03157C00A for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:04:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from athena.laverenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (athena [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28272-02 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:04:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix, from userid 2000) id EAEEC57C009; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:04:51 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:04:51 +0200 From: Uwe Laverenz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080607060451.GA28805@laverenz.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <48499CCD.2010708@m2.seamanpaper.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48499CCD.2010708@m2.seamanpaper.com> Organization: private site Sender: uwe@laverenz.de User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at laverenz.de Subject: Re: vmware timekeeping X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:16:44 -0000 On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 04:23:41PM -0400, Jeff Dickens wrote: > option turned on in ESX's .vmx file, and I have "hint.apic.0.disabled=1" > in my FreeBSD guest's /boot/loader.conf. This shouldn't be necessary in FreeBSD >= 6.2. > I used to have "kern.hz=100" in loader.conf, but that caused the guest > to gain time even faster. "100" is ok, I'm using this value on all virtual machines. > Does anyone have a good recipe for decent timekeeping in this config? Is it possible to upgrade your ESX from 3.0.2 to 3.5x? If not, there is another setting on the ESX side that helps with timing problems (FreeBSD or Linux guests): change "Advanced Settings/Misc/Misc.Timer/MinHardPeriod" from 400 to 100 (this is default on ESX 3.5x). Uwe