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Date:      Wed, 7 Aug 1996 12:16:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Cc:        freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de
Subject:   Re: time calibration messages - to worry about?
Message-ID:  <199608071016.MAA13085@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <199608061919.FAA16470@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Aug 7, 96 05:19:33 am"

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> >I'm getting these kernel messages during boot:
> 
> >Jul 27 16:00:14 isdn /kernel: Calibrating clock(s) relative to mc146818
> >A clock...
> >Jul 27 16:00:14 isdn /kernel: i8254 clock: 1217043 Hz
> >Jul 27 16:00:14 isdn /kernel: 1217043 Hz differs from default of 119318
> >2 Hz by more than 1%
> 
> This means that one of your clocks, or the clock calibration method, is
> inaccurate by more than 1% (15 minutes/day).

Fine, but why? :-)

> 
> Bruce
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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