In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Craig Rodrigues writes:
>I reset my timecounter:
>sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254
>
>Now the clock seems to run at a more reasonable rate.
>
>Is there a problem with the ACPI code or with my
>hardware (an ASUS P5A-B motherboard from about 3 or 4 years ago).
>
>How can I default to i8254 as my default timer? Is there
>something I should put in device.hints?
Put it in /etc/rc.early:
sysctl kern.timecounterhardware=i8254
I have not been able to understand in what way this board fails :-(
Does the time run uniformly fast, ie: 7 minutes every 5, all the
time, or is it erratic ?
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