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Date:      28 Aug 2002 17:54:03 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        stable@freebsd.org, aSe@SysFail.com
Subject:   Re: microuptime() went backwards
Message-ID:  <44fzwyir9g.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <002601c24ece$0bb9a320$6501a8c0@bob>
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> <002601c24ece$0bb9a320$6501a8c0@bob>

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"aSe" <aSe@SysFail.com> writes:

> 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..

Not likely.

> > 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?

'systat -vmstat'

> Thanx for the help..

Oh, there are plenty of other things still to check.  Are you sure
that setting  kern.timecounter.method actually "took"?  Check the
manual page for your mouse driver, and see if it has any flags that
might be relevant.  Try changing your printer from interrupt to polled
mode.  And probably a few more I haven't thought of...

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