Re: Time issues with netbsd 4.0

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

"Derrick Lobo" wrote:

> I am having a weird issue with time on 4 of my netbsd 4.0 i386 servers the
> clock seems to be racing ahead about 2 minutes per hour, I googled a
> solution to use sysctl parameter,(as it was being used in freebsd)..
> 
> kern.timecounter.hardware = TSC
> 
> Is there a way I can build it into the kernel so that it reduces management
> overheads...

If that works for you (not sure what the underlying problem is), you
can stick any sysctl command in your /etc/sysctl.conf so it will happen
automatically when your system starts.  In your case, just add:

        kern.timecounter.hardware=TSC

Simon.