Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

>On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:43:25 +0200, Frank Kardel <kardel@netbsd.org> wrote:
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>>You may have a point there. Goerge does sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware
>>list TSC as selected timecounter ?
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>FYI, I'm now running yesterday's kernel on my laptop; it's not having any
>timer-related glitches, such as the fetchmail problem I mentioned the
>other day. 
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good to hear.

> It automatically selected i8524 as the timer.  (Aside: with
>dual-core laptops already on the market, some other solution will have to
>be found, I suspect.)
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acpi timer come to mind - hope that one is sorted out (aka committed) soon.

>		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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Thanks
  Frank