Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:50:47 +0200 From: Thorsten Greiner <thorsten.greiner@web.de> To: Bob Fleck <bob@securesoftware.com> Cc: nate@root.org Subject: Re: clock works slowly when I change CPU speed Message-ID: <20030815205047.GA719@tybalt> In-Reply-To: <1060978640.603.11.camel@localhost> References: <11229.1060970608@critter.freebsd.dk> <1060978640.603.11.camel@localhost>
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* Bob Fleck <bob@securesoftware.com> [2003-08-15 22:46]:
> So, what should be done to restore the proper behavior of the
> timekeeping on these systems?
$ dmesg | grep counter
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1595302164 Hz
$ sysctl -w kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254
Fixes the problem for me. I suspect you should set this in
/etc/sysctl.conf to enable it permanently.
Regards
-Thorsten
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