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Date:      Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:25:04 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Adam David <adam@veda.is>
Cc:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), adam@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC
Message-ID:  <199902042025.NAA06789@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199902042023.UAA16145@veda.is>
References:  <199902041832.LAA05994@mt.sri.com> <199902042023.UAA16145@veda.is>

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> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/i386/conf        GENERIC 
> > >   Log:
> > >   remind that apm is required in order for timekeeping to work
> > 
> > Huh?
> 
> Including apm in the kernel build fixes the problem where on (some?) Pentium
> class CPUs the timekeeping gets hosed because there is something weird
> happening with the TSC that makes it unusable for keeping time.

Then something is hosed up in the APM/timekeeping code, since this
*shouldn't* make a difference.  Is PHK aware of this?


Nate

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