From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 22:23:54 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 BB0F71065672 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:23:54 +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 81F278FC14 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:23:54 +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 n0LMNjqO097067 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:23:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@sailorfej.net) Message-ID: <4977A06B.7060605@sailorfej.net> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:23:39 -0800 From: Jeffrey Williams User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Thompson , dimitry@andric.com References: <49777A7E.30904@sailorfej.net> <26ddd1750901211209k83250d7re8bb82dc2965ccd0@mail.gmail.com> <497785E2.5040007@sailorfej.net> <20090121203654.GB84399@citylink.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20090121203654.GB84399@citylink.fud.org.nz> 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: killing@multiplay.co.uk, 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 22:23:55 -0000 Hi Guys, Ok it is set, it does seem a little better, the clocks are still running ahead by an average of about 30-40 seconds, but they seem to have slowed down enough for ntpd to maintain the time by slewing, instead of stepping. I did get a fresh batch of calcru errors from one of the servers right after reboot (possibly because I am setting kern.timecounter.hardware in sysctl.conf instead of loader.conf). I will let you know how it looks after it has run for an hour or two. I tried TSC instead of i8254 on a third server, it was better than ACPI-safe, but much worse than i8254. Thanks, Jeff Andrew Thompson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:30:26PM -0800, Jeffrey Williams wrote: > >> 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? >> >> > > Thats a bit misleading, the commented out value isnt actually the > default. Set it in the loader.conf, can verify this with 'sysctl kern.hz' > > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >