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Date:      Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:10:54 -0700
From:      "D.M.P." <dmp@aracnet.com>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Speeding up time...
Message-ID:  <199910040707.AAA10569@guppy.pond.net>
References:  <199910040625.HAA00521@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>

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Brian Somers wrote:
> 
> > I would like to play around with some y2k testing.
> >
> > While setting dates and such works, I'd really like to
> > be able to disable xntpd, and have time move faster.  So
> > I could set the date to 12/28/99 or somesuch, and
> > have time run at 4:1 or 10:1, or something that lets
> > me run through a few days of operation in a few hours...
> >
> >
> > Is there an obviously trivial way to do this?
> 
> I think you can get away with simply tweaking machdep.i8254_freq (if
> you're using that counter that is).

Couldn't he just have xntpd sync to y2k-test.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov,
instead of modifying the software itself?  Or is this not appropriate
for the Y2k test in question?

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