incorrect ping(8) interval with powerd(8)

[Jeremie Le Hen]

> : FYI,
> : my powerd(8) is configured to tastes AC-line four times per seconds.
> : I tried reducing it's freqency from 4 to 1, but it doesn't change
> : anything.
> : 
> : ARP is not the culprit, the MAC address is already in cache.
> : 
> : My kernel is compiled with INVARIANTS, but I don't have WITNESS.  My
> : network interface uses the bge(4) driver.  No firewall rule or complex
> : network setup.
> : 
> : Anyway this doesn't hurt much.  Thanks for lightening me.
> 
> Dang, I was hoping it was one of the easy explainations....  Maybe it
> is the idle code not waking up fast enough when it has been asleep for
> a bit.  But that's pure speculation at this point...

You mean FreeBSD needs a hackathon ? :-D

Regards,
-- 
Jeremie Le Hen
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