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From: Le Gal Jrme <freebsd@simplerezo.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: FreeBSD 6.2 in VMware is unstable and there is some 'calcru: runtime went backwards from...' on /var/log/messages
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>Number:         118819
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [vmware] FreeBSD 6.2 in VMware is unstable and there is some 'calcru: runtime went backwards from...' on /var/log/messages
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 18 13:40:04 UTC 2007
>Closed-Date:    Tue Oct 04 17:51:57 UTC 2011
>Last-Modified:  Tue Oct 04 17:51:57 UTC 2011
>Originator:     Le Gal Jrme
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2
>Organization:
SimpleRezo
>Environment:
FreeBSD host.domain.com 6.2-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9 #20: Tue Dec 18 12:57:57 CET 2007     root@host.domain.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KERNEL  i386
>Description:
FreeBSD 6.2, with a non-GENERIC kernel, running as a guest operating
system in VMware is very unstable.

Boot process is slow and there is lot of messages : 'calcru: runtime
went backwards from xxxx[1] usec to xxxx[1] usec for pid <pid> (<process>)'. 

When it has booted, system's time is blocked and after few seconds system
freezes and does not respond.


[1] : some numbers

>How-To-Repeat:
Install FreeBSD in VMware, and use a custom kernel built from
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
>Fix:
In the kernel configuration, disable both options 'CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU',
and 'AUTO_EOI_1'



>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: remko 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Dec 23 17:32:18 UTC 2007 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
This does not seem to be i386 specific but perhaps a more global problem. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=118819 
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: jh 
State-Changed-When: Sat Apr 23 07:23:09 UTC 2011 
State-Changed-Why:  
Is this still a problem for you? 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=118819 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: jh 
State-Changed-When: Tue Oct 4 17:51:56 UTC 2011 
State-Changed-Why:  
Feedback timeout. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=118819 
>Unformatted:
