Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:36:42 -0500 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: zera holladay <zera_holladay@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Timecounters tick every 10.0 msec Message-ID: <20031219103642.1ci884wgk4s8cwow@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <20031219142935.13440.qmail@web41406.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031219142935.13440.qmail@web41406.mail.yahoo.com>
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Quoting zera holladay <zera_holladay@yahoo.com>: > While my kernel modules are loading I get a message, > "Timecounters tick every 10.0 msec." There's nothing > wrong with my computer, I was just wondering what > caused this message. I have not been successful > locating any information on this so I figured I would > ask some kind hearted individual(s). I am running > FreeBSD 5.1 on a Toshiba Satellite 2805-s301 (laptop). > Nothing really "caused" it. It's a totally normal bootup message. It's just FYI. You can actually make that number smaller by using HZ=500 or HZ=1000 in your kernel config (for 5 ms and 1 ms respectively). Ken
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