From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 20:30:41 2009 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 6C0301065C36 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:30:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@sailorfej.net) Received: from mail.sailorfej.net (mail.sailorfej.net [66.93.72.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31BB88FC3D for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:30:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@sailorfej.net) Received: from [10.3.3.117] (65-122-120-98.dia.static.qwest.net [65.122.120.98]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.sailorfej.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0LKUVlE095869 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:30:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@sailorfej.net) Message-ID: <497785E2.5040007@sailorfej.net> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:30:26 -0800 From: Jeffrey Williams User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxim Khitrov , dimitry@andric.com, mike@jellydonut.org References: <49777A7E.30904@sailorfej.net> <26ddd1750901211209k83250d7re8bb82dc2965ccd0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750901211209k83250d7re8bb82dc2965ccd0@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_30_40, HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on mail.sailorfej.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7, runaway clock as guest OS on Microsoft Virtual Server 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: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:30:42 -0000 Hi Guys, Thanks for kern.hz suggestion, but according loader.conf in the /boot/defaults directory, kern.hz is already set to 100, is this overridden somewhere else? Thanks, Jeff Maxim Khitrov wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Jeffrey Williams wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I am trying to run FreeBSD 7 on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Windows >> Server 2003, on a Dell 2950. >> >> I am having a problem with the system clock running excessively fast, I >> initially tried installing 7.1 release but received a nearly continuous >> stream of the "calcru: runtime went backward errors", I tried rolling back >> to 7.0, and it improved somewhat, but I still received regular "calcru" >> errors, and it the system clock was running to fast for ntpd to keep up with >> it, I set sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware to i8254 (it tries to default to >> ACPI-safe), which helped more, ntpd is now able to keep pace with it, but >> only barely, and I haven't seen any "calcru" errors yet. >> >> From the boot time dmesg, on the CPU line, the frequency reported with in >> the parenthesizes varies on almost every reboot. >> >> Are there any other adjustments I can make to get this under control? >> > > Have you tried reducing the value of kern.hz (kern.hz="100" in > /boot/loader.conf)? That fixes some clock-related problems on VMWare > Server. > > - Max > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >