From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 28 13: 4:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4B7137B405 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sysfail.com (24-56-213-122.mdmmi.voyager.net [24.56.213.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D824F43E4A for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:04:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aSe@SysFail.com) Received: from bob ([127.0.0.1]) by sysfail.com ([24.56.213.122]) with SMTP (MDaemon.PRO.v6.0.5.T) for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:04:01 -0400 Message-ID: <002601c24ece$0bb9a320$6501a8c0@bob> From: "aSe" To: "Lowell Gilbert" Cc: References: <200208271122.16665.jsoule@webcrossing.com><20020828014459.A61483@iclub.nsu.ru><20020827220521.GA21985@bsdunix.ch><001301c24e26$5e21ea80$6501a8c0@bob> <44ofbmzy74.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: microuptime() went backwards Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:03:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-MDRemoteIP: 127.0.0.1 X-Return-Path: aSe@SysFail.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I can't change to TSC i just get errors and actually i'm running a generic kernel. I'm prolly going to attempt to mod it and remove some stuff i don't need and mabey that'll sort this problem out. but, i don't know.. > Check your devices to see if something is generating a lot of > interrupts (a printer port, perhaps?). This is going to sound like a stupid question but, is there an easy way to check this in bsd? Thanx for the help.. Gordon Keesler "aSe" [aSe@SysFail.com] - FreeBSD newbie and all around stupid kid. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Gilbert" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: Re: microuptime() went backwards > "aSe" writes: > > > (from dmesg of corse..) > > Aug 17 14:14:26 Fail /kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 11 06:14:12 > > GMT 2002 > > Aug 17 14:14:26 Fail /kernel: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > > Aug 17 14:14:26 Fail /kernel: CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (451.03-MHz > > 586-class CPU) > > Aug 17 14:14:26 Fail /kernel: Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping > > = 12 > > > > kern.timecounter.method=1 has been set and i checked twice APM isn't enabled > > in the bios or compiled into the kernel. > > > > does anyone have any more ideas how to solve/cut down on the problem? > > Check whether it happens with a GENERIC kernel. > > Check your devices to see if something is generating a lot of > interrupts (a printer port, perhaps?). Check your timecounter (the > kern.timecounter.hardware sysctl), and try toggling it (between TSC > and i8254). > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message