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I use 5.3 on an Aptiva K6/350 and I used to have the exact same problem.

try re-compiling your kernel with the following optimizations in /etc/make.conf:

CPUTYPE=k6
<and if not already there>
CFLAGS= -O -pipe
COPTFLAGS= -O -pipe

-Justin


On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 01:09:35 +0100, Michael Nottebrock
<michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 9. November 2004 00:49, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 08:52:30AM -0800, Dean Patterson wrote:
> > > I have an IBM aptiva, K6/450 and 5.3 gives me
> > > continuous calcru messages.
> >
> > The kern.timecounter sysctl hierarchy is definitely there on 5.3.
> 
> What is kern.timecounter.hardware set to? If it's ACPI-*, try setting it to
> i8254.
> 
> --
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