Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:32:13 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ entry on calcru could use updated Message-ID: <20040928173212.GA768@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20040928131524.0f7557fe.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20040812093843.30d57ad7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20040928131524.0f7557fe.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2004.09.28 13:15:24 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > I was cleaning out my inbox, and I saw that nobody every replied to this, > and that nothing was ever done. > > Is everyone just too busy to look at this, or is there another reason? Without having studied this in issue in detail I think it just ENOTIME, at least it seems like something that should be fixed, though I haven't checkked out the issue to know what the correct fix is. I would suggest just submitting a patch as a PR the way you think it should be fixed. It would of course be even better if you could get a content review from somebody who knows the time code. In general the FAQ needs a major overhaul... > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > > > > This FAQ entry is woefully out of date: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#CALCRU-NEGATIVE > > > > The sysctl referenced doesn't even exist in newer versions of FreeBSD. > > > > I was going to write up a patch, when I found out that this entry: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#LAPTOP-CLOCK-SKEW > > actually contains the fix that I've used whenever I get the calcru > > problem on 5.x. > > > > I would suggest eliminating the answer in the calcru entry and merging > > the two entries, as the solution is the same on 5.x > > > > However, I've never seen the problem on 4.x, so I don't know if the > > technique of setting kern.timecounter.method=1 workes or not. > > > > Comments? Suggestions? -- Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBWaAch9pcDSc1mlERAjS8AKCH5X/p524cnd9Giv1hYrE2pkue9gCdHFzT C6esAKomQeBZMZWGB1m4Pj0= =JWNq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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