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From: "Murphy, Patrick" <murphyp1@ais.msu.edu>
To: 'John Baldwin' <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: RE: Clock Skew on 5.0-CURRENT SMP Alpha 2100A/250 3 engine machi
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Can you point me to the place where the clock freq is determined/set?  Also,
how do I tell if SMP is on?

Pat.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 2:28 AM
To: Murphy, Patrick
Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: Clock Skew on 5.0-CURRENT SMP Alpha 2100A/250 3 engine
machi



On 28-Dec-01 Murphy, Patrick wrote:
> Does anyone know a way to fix the clock skew on an SMP alpha machine?  I
am
> running 5.0-CURRENT as of 2001/12/27.  The system clock is falling behind
> quickly.  The machine has 3 250Mhz engines.  Running a "sleep 10" command
> actually sleeps for 20 seconds.
> 
> I am not as concerned about sleep taking so long as I am keeping the clock
> accurate for system processes and file time stamps.
> 
> Patrick Murphy
> Michigan State University

Hmm, the clock on the 2100A is known to run at about 1/2 speed (or so it
feels
like) on an SMP kernel.  Not sure how to fix this.  You can try playing
around
with it.  Perhaps halving the clock freq if SMP is detected for the 2100
family?

-- 

John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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