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Re: [RFC][ARM32] Time running bug in the NetBSD time network



On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 04:38:09PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> There is a patch to fix the issue (in other words it's workaround and
> may be not applicable to
> mainstream due to some reasons).

This is the wrong patch. Look for the actual time counter and fix the
frequency it is using. Many of this have been only lightly tested and it
is quite likely that one or two slipped through with the wrong
adjustment. If you have a frequency larger than 4GHz, you should just
use prescaling.

Joerg


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