From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 19:52:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C081065673 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:52:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E05A48FC22; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:52:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47CDA877.5060609@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:52:23 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen References: <20080304203226.0039ffd1.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20080304203226.0039ffd1.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.9-stable: weird messages in /var/log/messages? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:52:26 -0000 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hello > One one of my stable machines I see these messages in /var/log/messages: > Mar 3 18:37:41 kg-i82 kernel: 16.011e9e3975b3aa06 too long > Mar 3 21:41:42 kg-i82 kernel: 16.016a24cf0742715c too long > Mar 3 21:41:58 kg-i82 kernel: 15.feb784aee196608c too short > > Does anyone know hwat the messages mean, or which part of the kernel > they are from? > Googling didn't help me. It is reporting large variations in the rate of your time clock (see kern_tc.c). Also, you appear to be emailing from the distant future. Please reply with stock tips :) Kris