Re: NetBSD-current Time issues on RPI3

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost>]

This issue is still present, tried with todays sources and I can still
reproduce it. Had a look at current bugs list and don't see any bugs
describing this issue. Should I open a new bug or is there something
that is already tracking it?


On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 15:36:23 +0100
Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> wrote:

> On 04/05/2019 23:22, Sad Clouds wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 May 2019 18:05:58 -0000 (UTC)
> > mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) wrote:
> >
> >> cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost (Sad Clouds) writes:
> >>
> >>>> Linux uses the RPI specific timers in 64bit mode, but FreeBSD
> >>>> uses GTMR. Someone should find out if FreeBSD has the same
> >>>> issues...
> >>
> >>> How would this help? Are you thinking of porting FreeBSD
> >>> implementation and also, what's the advantage of using generic
> >>> timer vs RPI?
> >>
> >> If FreeBSD has the same issues, it's probably a hardware bug. If
> >> not, something is randomly trashing the system timer, and we need
> >> to identify what it is.
> >
> > Well, I got FreeBSD running and I've been building ports for a few
> > hours now and not seen any issues. Looks like not a hardware bug but
> > a NetBSD one. I can help with debugging if anyone can give ideas on
> > where to look.
> >
> 
> Does latest HEAD work any better? There was a gtmr driver change
> recently that might help.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nick