From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 28 17:32:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3440B16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:32:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zaphod.nitro.dk (port324.ds1-khk.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.113.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 573D343D1F for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:32:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@zaphod.nitro.dk) Received: by zaphod.nitro.dk (Postfix, from userid 3000) id 8D8D911AB2; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:32:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:32:13 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20040928173212.GA768@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <20040812093843.30d57ad7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20040928131524.0f7557fe.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040928131524.0f7557fe.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ entry on calcru could use updated X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:32:17 -0000 --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.09.28 13:15:24 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: >=20 > I was cleaning out my inbox, and I saw that nobody every replied to this, > and that nothing was ever done. >=20 > 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 wrote: > >=20 > > This FAQ entry is woefully out of date: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#= CALCRU-NEGATIVE > >=20 > > The sysctl referenced doesn't even exist in newer versions of FreeBSD. > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > I would suggest eliminating the answer in the calcru entry and merging > > the two entries, as the solution is the same on 5.x > >=20 > > However, I've never seen the problem on 4.x, so I don't know if the > > technique of setting kern.timecounter.method=3D1 workes or not. > >=20 > > Comments? Suggestions? --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBWaAch9pcDSc1mlERAjS8AKCH5X/p524cnd9Giv1hYrE2pkue9gCdHFzT C6esAKomQeBZMZWGB1m4Pj0= =JWNq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6--