Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:16:55 -0500 From: "tony" <tony@tntpro.com> To: <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems with timekeeping Message-ID: <CNEFKDNEFDGFAHFOFONBCEAPDGAA.tony@tntpro.com> In-Reply-To: <5296.1045123157@critter.freebsd.dk>
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as you can see below that fixed it! before every time I did an nptdate command it would be a second off at least. Thank you for the help! Tony root:~# sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 kern.timecounter.hardware: ACPI-safe -> i8254 root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:05 ntpdate[12753]: step time server 198.123.30.132 offset -75.755911 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:07 ntpdate[12754]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset -0.002553 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:09 ntpdate[12757]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset 0.001302 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:10 ntpdate[12758]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset -0.003793 sec root:~# ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov 13 Feb 16:07:12 ntpdate[12759]: adjust time server 198.123.30.132 offset 0.003071 sec root:~# -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of phk@phk.freebsd.dk Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:59 AM To: tony Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with timekeeping In message <CNEFKDNEFDGFAHFOFONBIEAEDGAA.tony@tntpro.com>, "tony" writes: >My time clock seems to do two ticks for every one that it should do. I'm not >sure where to start on fixing this. I had 4.7 installed and did a clean >install of 5.0 release thats when I noticed the time keeping weirdness.. it >always kept time perfectly before. I cvsuped to tag=RELENG_5_0 and built >installed built kernel installed. but no change... > >Any ideas? Please try: sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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