Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:37:44 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tickadj -t not changing tick Message-ID: <35adf2b5.224800464@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <1168.900581842@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <1168.900581842@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:37:22 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> wrote: >>Argh! So should I change both kern.timecounter.frequency and the >>machine dependent variable? Will that work? > >This is why it is so much easier just to start xntpd and be done with it. > >They only time where you need to tweak any sysctl's is when the hardware >is outside the capture range (+/- 128 PPM ?) of xntpd. That's true for my hardware. >After I implemented timecounters, time keeping doesn't depend on tick, >and since the adjustment is for all practical purposes continuous, >there is no benefit of tweaking the sysctls. That sounds contradictory to the previous paragraph. So why tweak sysctls when it's outside the capture range of xntpd? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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