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1*abb0f93cSkardelNotes on CPU clock oscillator tolerance with SunOS 4.1.1 and 4.1.3
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3*abb0f93cSkardelA bug in SunOS 4.1.1 results in the kernel time losing 1 microsecond
4*abb0f93cSkardelper tick of the system clock. The bug was fixed (bugid 1094383) for
5*abb0f93cSkardelSunOS 4.1.1 and corrected in SunOS 4.1.3. The easiest way to fix this
6*abb0f93cSkardelis to replace the 4.1.1 binary clock.o with the corresponding 4.1.3
7*abb0f93cSkardelbinary. Without this change it is necessary to use the tickadj program
8*abb0f93cSkardelincluded in this distribution with the -t 9999 option.
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10*abb0f93cSkardelThe tickadj option will work in all cases except when the kernel has
11*abb0f93cSkardelbeen modified to correct the CPU clock oscillator frequency using a
12*abb0f93cSkardel1-pps signal from a precision source. The bugfix must be installed for
13*abb0f93cSkardelthis wrinkle to work properly.
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15*abb0f93cSkardelDave Mills (mills@udel.edu)
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