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To: Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/apm apm.c src/sys/i386/include clock.h
         src/sys/i386/isa clock.c
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> iwasaki     1999/10/30 07:56:01 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/i386/apm         apm.c 
>     sys/i386/include     clock.h 
>     sys/i386/isa         clock.c 
>   Log:
>   i8254_restore is called from apm_default_resume() to reload
>   the countdown register.
>   this should not be necessary but there are broken laptops that
>   do not restore the countdown register on resume.
>   when it happnes, it messes up the hardclock interval and system clock,
>   which leads to the infamous "calcru: negative time" problem.

Thanks, this is great!


Nate


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