amd64/127484: [timecounters] Drift problem with FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1 PRERELEASE

[Paul van Berlo]

The following reply was made to PR amd64/127484; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Paul van Berlo" <pvanberlo at fastmail.fm>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, tg at swox.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: amd64/127484: [timecounters] Drift problem with FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1
 PRERELEASE
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:50:55 +0200

 Hi,
 
 the issue I was seeing is solved. It appears this is due to a specific
 BIOS setting (FSB Spread Spectrum), which was set to 'Auto' in my case.
 I disabled this, and now my clock runs absolutely fine. There should not
 be any side effects with disabling this option AFAIK.
 
 Thanks.
 
 
 Best regards,
 
 Paul van Berlo