Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:28:59 +0100 (IST) From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> To: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, wilko@FreeBSD.ORG, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Subject: Re: microuptime() going backwards Message-ID: <XFMail.000628152859.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000628084749.A84134@luke.immure.com>
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On 28-Jun-00 Bob Willcox wrote:
> with a 700MHz Athlon CPU. Also, I have another system here with a
> similar configuration (same Abit board but with a 800MHz CPU in it and
> a SCSI disk vs. IDE) that doesn't suffer from this problem (with apm
> installed).
Just as a datapoint, I get the microuptime going backwards messages
on rare occasions (maybe once a week) from my Compaq laptop. I rather assume
that the cause (race hazard ?) affects my system but that I rarely see the
symptom, I can easily imagine it being rare enough to be invisible.
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