Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:01:38 -0400 From: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> Cc: ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System clock falls behind quickly on Mac mini G4 Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOup7_98LoCLJ43xWc3magTArKNVUEHg_2v1UFWoGp=HJQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140329100134.GA7863@regency.nsu.ru> References: <20140328071714.GA45961@regency.nsu.ru> <CAFY7cWBCFmtx4Tsg3=mSJyscpk5nCY3S6Sxy52TKEoTmy1sFPA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOtEoqG_RJ2D9vSb7mO-UfT13RZbAb04p6rV2mWLBu=H9Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140329100134.GA7863@regency.nsu.ru>
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 12:28:12AM -0400, Joe Nosay wrote: > > I'm curious on two things: > > 1. Is ntpd running/set in /etc/rc.conf? > > No, it's off. I guess if I had it running it won't let the clock to > behave like that. :) > > > 2. Danfe, why aren't you running the kern.hz at 2000? > > Why should I? Esp. that G4 is not exactly top performant by today's > standards. FreeBSD defaults work fine in most cases, so I don't touch > them unless there is a reason. > > I found from building on a G3 400MHz, a G4 800MHz, and a G4 933MHz that increasing the clock rate to that value improved performance and decreased lag. Try and see for yourself. Even 1500 works better than 1000. My opinion based on observation. > ./danfe >
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