Re: NetBSD-current Time issues on RPI3

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

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.