Timecounter "TSC" frequency 451024462

[Roberto Nunnari]

the command:
# sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware="i8254"

fixes the timing error.. what do you think? Should I put it in
sysctl.conf?

Best regards.

Roberto Nunnari wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I just upgraded my server from 4.7-Stable to 5.0-Release by a full
> install.
> 
> Now I hit a problem with the date.. the time goes much faster
> than normal.. maybe twice as normal...
> 
> this morning I found the following kernel log in /var/log/messages
> 
> May 26 17:23:58 jupiter kernel: Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
> May 26 17:23:58 jupiter kernel: Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 451024462 Hz
> May 26 17:23:58 jupiter kernel: Timecounter "ACPI-safe"  frequency 
> 3579545 Hz
> May 26 17:23:58 jupiter kernel: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
> 
> that was about 17 hours ago.. now date reports:
> -bash-2.05b# date
> Wed May 28 03:18:18 CEST 2003
> 
> What's wrong? How can I fix it?
> 
> Please send replies also to my box, as I'm not on the list.
> 
> Thank you.


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