g...@lexort.com (Greg Troxel) writes:

>  -timecounter: Timecounter "ACPI-Safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
>  +timecounter: Timecounter "ACPI-Fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000

>  -timecounter: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2800071320 Hz quality 3000
>  +timecounter: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 3920113160 Hz quality 3000

That looks like a non-invariant TSC that changes with the "turbo" mode
of the CPU. The interesting part is the 3.9GHz number, according to Intel
your CPU can only go up to 3.06GHz.


>I then set:
>  kern.timecounter.hardware = hpet0
>and things seem ok, at least after 10 minutes.

That's what to do, you can also use the ACPI timer.


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