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> 
> >  It is actually a  486DX2/66. Is the 'Timecounter' settable in the
> > kernel?
> 
> I think only 586s and above have a TSC, so the machdep.tsc_freq sysctl may
> not exist, or may be meaningless.
> 

You must be right, 'sysctl -a' does not show a 'machdep.tca_freq'.

So back to the original question: How to trace the root cause of the
calcru problem? Setting kern.timecounter.method=0 -> 1 seems to have
worked, does anyone know how much of a performance hit [as stated in the
FAQ] this costs?


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