Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:56:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> Cc: f-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: observation: clock slows down when battery power gets low Message-ID: <200104161856.f3GIub512962@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:03:13 EDT." <20010416090313.A22442@moo.holy.cow>
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> just an observation... on dell i5000e, clock slowed down
> by about an hour and 10 minutes. didn't see anything else
> happening. i instinctively pressed the "power" button
> when "power" led was not shining. nothing bad happened (of
> course, apm is disabled.).
You are using the TSC for time measurement; don't do that.
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