FreeBSD 7.9-stable: weird messages in /var/log/messages?

[Kris Kennaway]

Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> Hello
> One one of my stable machines I see these messages in /var/log/messages:
> Mar  3 18:37:41 kg-i82 kernel: 16.011e9e3975b3aa06 too long
> Mar  3 21:41:42 kg-i82 kernel: 16.016a24cf0742715c too long
> Mar  3 21:41:58 kg-i82 kernel: 15.feb784aee196608c too short
> 
> Does anyone know hwat the messages mean, or which part of the kernel
> they are from?
> Googling didn't help me.

It is reporting large variations in the rate of your time clock (see 
kern_tc.c).

Also, you appear to be emailing from the distant future.  Please reply 
with stock tips :)

Kris