Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:37:40 -0400 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Please help me diagnose this crazy VMWare/FreeBSD 8.x crash Message-ID: <9566CAD6-AD55-4BC5-B9B0-92C15949A63B@longcount.org> In-Reply-To: <op.wkmlu5gu34t2sn@tech304> References: <op.wbwe9s0k34t2sn@tech304> <201205311157.42909.jhb@freebsd.org> <19d73256-b7c6-417e-a051-a5faeabf219d@email.android.com> <201209121520.26337.jhb@freebsd.org> <op.wkkwu1sx34t2sn@tech304> <5051F7A0.90901@FreeBSD.org> <op.wkk0qzwj34t2sn@tech304> <20120913162815.GA1219@pix.net> <op.wkla2ksa34t2sn@tech304> <50524C67.3040403@FreeBSD.org> <F19B7985-3286-4026-8106-66F3A3BB07AD@longcount.org> <66357a32-b570-4dc3-a27c-d32903da41db@email.android.com> <FA5D6460-FCB1-4A9E-BC87-B8808F657723@longcount.org> <op.wkmlu5gu34t2sn@tech304>
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On Sep 14, 2012, at 8:48 AM, Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> wrote: > Hi Mark, >=20 > Here's the output of our VMs running on ESXi 4.1u1 >=20 > FreeBSD 7.4: > # sysctl kern.timecounter.choice > kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(800) ACPI-safe(850) i8254(0) dummy(-1000000) > # sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware > kern.timecounter.hardware: ACPI-safe >=20 > FreeBSD 8.3: > # sysctl kern.timecounter.choice > kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(800) ACPI-safe(850) i8254(0) dummy(-1000000) > # sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware > kern.timecounter.hardware: ACPI-safe >=20 > FreeBSD 9.0: > # sysctl kern.timecounter.choice > kern.timecounter.choice: TSC(1000) i8254(0) ACPI-fast(900) dummy(-1000000)= > # sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware > kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC >=20 >=20 > Note that both 8.3 and 9.0 crash, while 7.4 does not. How do you have suj on 8.3 ? Are you using a patch ? Also can you retest 9 w= ith the following sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=3DAcpi-fast=20 Also in esxi what setup options do you have for the vm's ? Lastly do you have esxi setup to talk to a ntp server ? If so can you confir= m that it's working ? I mean the esxi host not the vm .=20 --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org=20
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