Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:14:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Kevin Menard <kmenard@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: microuptime() and vinum Message-ID: <20000811121457.H66881@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200008101931.AAG78989@bucket.cisco.com>; from kmenard@cisco.com on Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 03:31:26PM -0400 References: <200008101931.AAG78989@bucket.cisco.com>
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On Thursday, 10 August 2000 at 15:31:26 -0400, Kevin Menard wrote: > Hi, > > When I go to start or init a plex or subdisk in vinum, my screen quickly fills > up with a message to the extent of "/kernel microuptime() coutning backwards > 'misc. #' 'misc.#'". > > I just want to know if: a) this is normal and nothing to worry about, No. > and b) if not, what would cause such a message to occur? It's probably due to a bug in the timekeeping which seems to hit certain motherboards, notably AMD Athlons. It doesn't have anything to do with Vinum beyond the fact that Vinum makes the system work, and these are the circumstances under which the problem occurs. You should give more details. I'm currently chasing exactly this problem. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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