From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 08:08:42 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D6DA622; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (pb-sasl1.int.icgroup.com [208.72.237.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68B95A54; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D81038C24; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:08:35 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=subject :mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; s=sasl; bh= 02VyBiboBi/JJWs+PvNIewE5we4=; b=FWksYrDAazCVAj0Tf0vGh9WuBsC5DpYY U9VjWK3xyQ/6OaxqhhhWNXx4xzQIX8jnrNt1PkIt8cyCyJs83X+GttMq9A1KyRqk vi+ZSlLfWkDyzBcesf8FSxEaEA4ql7b47ztkY6mjp8rWSLEwHJqFIzQNlgMnS1KY sN6ctY0omXQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=subject :mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; q=dns; s= sasl; b=JbG4HgEBUOvB7UF1a83bAAzNntgILBj8t2WGfgBu0e9HK3KDhLY7xwXE HclnPQDoTbktB5GREHjeq9Yv8Mdj76ZumTiyJZYuUKtkfVfH0r/ftvPIZ0k0Ii8X 3q7NpPv6m4DZs45BCoihWqBB2z0PcCLZ/FxfwtnrMcVZEcGUuLQ= Received: from pb-sasl1.int.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 027EA38C23; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:08:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from almini.rcthomas.org (unknown [208.53.120.31]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8784D38C22; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:08:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: System clock falls behind quickly on Mac mini G4 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 From: Rick Thomas In-Reply-To: <20150213070612.GA48146@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:08:29 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <06EFEE70-4BB4-41D2-BC30-E5F9F7CA1622@pobox.com> References: <9BE10E2F-D281-4E4F-9575-1A41F61AA068@pobox.com> <20150213070612.GA48146@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 816F20E4-B357-11E4-BB68-8FDD009B7A5A-02150157!pb-sasl1.pobox.com Cc: danfe@nsu.ru, FreeBSD PowerPC ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:08:42 -0000 On Feb 12, 2015, at 11:06 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev = wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 02:36:52PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >> Did you ever get a solution for this? I'm having the same problem on = a >> PowerMac G4 "quicksilver" machine. >=20 > Nope, sorry; the clock still runs away, but since ntpd(8) doing a job = good > enough to keep it sane I never had strong motivation to dig the root = cause. >=20 > ./danfe Thanks! It helps to know that it=92s still an unsolved problem. I=92m = determined to track it down. I=92ll report back to the freebsd-ppc list = when I get it solved. I=92m currently working on using sysctl to patch = the assumed frequency of the clock. Rick