Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 08:29:20 -0400 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd@ateamsystems.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable ML <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SOLVED: Time Clock Stops in FreeBSD 9.0 guest running under ESXi 5.0 Message-ID: <59097890-3AC0-4B72-9885-5A3773749636@longcount.org> In-Reply-To: <501B84CE.5010801@ateamsystems.com> References: <1977769407.20120322151934@tkachuk.name> <4F6B4030.5090907@FreeBSD.org> <4F6B4631.8020006@gmail.com> <4F6B4B93.7020309@FreeBSD.org> <4F6B4FAB.1020202@gmail.com> <1332434072.8403.79.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <E1SGoVX-000EYm-90@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il> <501B8004.1000503@ateamsystems.com> <501B84CE.5010801@ateamsystems.com>
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--- On Aug 3, 2012, at 3:59 AM, Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd@ateamsystems.com> wrote: > Doh, correct URL for the forum post is: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=31929&page=2 > > On 8/3/2012 14:38, Adam Strohl wrote: >> Just a heads up on the original issue, which is FreeBSD's timer/clock >> stopping under ESXi 5.0 and some later versions of VMware Workstation. >> >> I've gotten a few direct messages that this thread ranks high on Google >> but people are missing the solution. A few months ago I found this >> forum posting (I believe this was linked in this thread already) >> http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/stable/2012-03/msg00201.html >> >> >> The long and short of it is that changing the kern.timecounter sysctl >> value to ACPI-fast or (ACPI-safe if you're not running 9.x yet) fixes >> the hanging issue so far for us. >> >> To temporarily enable it under 9.x: >> sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=ACPI-fast >> >> Pre 9.x (which doesn't have the ACPI-fast mode): >> sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=ACPI-safe >> >> To make this persist across reboots and be enabled by default add this >> line to your /etc/sysctl.conf >> >> Under 9.x: >> kern.timecounter.hardware=ACPI-fast >> >> Pre 9.x: >> kern.timecounter.hardware=ACPI-safe >> >> Hope this helps anyone running across this issue. >> > > > -- > Adam Strohl > http://www.ateamsystems.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Did you ask VMware to update this kb ? http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427 They need to have a FreeBSD section . It's slightly sad VMware could. It figure this out . They have notes on disabling hpet due to screwy clock issues under Linux , wonder why they never tried to disable it under FreeBSD ? --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org
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