Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:36:36 -0400 From: Jeff Dickens <jeff@m2.seamanpaper.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware timekeeping Message-ID: <484D4E04.1000100@m2.seamanpaper.com> In-Reply-To: <20080607060451.GA28805@laverenz.de> References: <48499CCD.2010708@m2.seamanpaper.com> <20080607060451.GA28805@laverenz.de>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080207010209070300000700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Uwe Laverenz wrote: > On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 04:23:41PM -0400, Jeff Dickens wrote: > > >> option turned on in ESX's .vmx file, and I have "hint.apic.0.disabled=1" >> in my FreeBSD guest's /boot/loader.conf. >> > > This shouldn't be necessary in FreeBSD >= 6.2. > > hmm. >> I used to have "kern.hz=100" in loader.conf, but that caused the guest >> to gain time even faster. >> > > "100" is ok, I'm using this value on all virtual machines. > > >> Does anyone have a good recipe for decent timekeeping in this config? >> > > Is it possible to upgrade your ESX from 3.0.2 to 3.5x? If not, there is > another setting on the ESX side that helps with timing problems (FreeBSD > or Linux guests): change "Advanced Settings/Misc/Misc.Timer/MinHardPeriod" > from 400 to 100 (this is default on ESX 3.5x). > > Unfortunately IBM has not certified my hardware (xSeries 226) with ESX 3.5, and the installation just hangs, so I'm stuck on 3.0.2 for now. Thanks, I will try that suggestion. > Uwe > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --------------080207010209070300000700--
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