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From: "clemensF" <rabat@web.de>
To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: microuptime() went backwards
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> Greg Lehey:

> [redirected to -questions; this is not a -stable issue]

it's not?  it has been ever since i installed freebsd, beginning with 2.8,
now with 4.3!

> > doesn't this look like interrupts beeing masked for too long?
> >
> > clemens
> >
> > ps:  typical entries in `dmesg -a` look like:
> >
> >   Wed Aug 29 16:12:25 CEST 2001
> >   microuptime() went backwards (7633.019507 -> 7633.019407)
> >   pid 16331 (vile), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
> >   cd9660: RockRidge Extension
> >   microuptime() went backwards (27387.137508 -> 27387.137407)
> >   microuptime() went backwards (27888.555071 -> 27888.554971)
> >   microuptime() went backwards (37977.157270 -> 37977.156967)
> >
> > happens from thrice up to a few dozen times, depending on load.
> >
> > the board is a gigabyte GA-5AA, super7 mainboard with a k6-2 550Mhz, the
> > graphics are a "bulk" Xpert@play, agp interfaced.
> 
> Try disabling APM.

it was never enabled, it's not in use, `apm` says: "/dev/apm not
configured".  btw:  this is no laptop, it's a desktop machine.  and what's
apm got to do with it?

clemens

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