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+Notes on CPU clock oscillator tolerance with SunOS 4.1.1 and 4.1.3
+
+A bug in SunOS 4.1.1 results in the kernel time losing 1 microsecond
+per tick of the system clock. The bug was fixed (bugid 1094383) for
+SunOS 4.1.1 and corrected in SunOS 4.1.3. The easiest way to fix this
+is to replace the 4.1.1 binary clock.o with the corresponding 4.1.3
+binary. Without this change it is necessary to use the tickadj program
+included in this distribution with the -t 9999 option.
+
+The tickadj option will work in all cases except when the kernel has
+been modified to correct the CPU clock oscillator frequency using a
+1-pps signal from a precision source. The bugfix must be installed for
+this wrinkle to work properly.
+
+Dave Mills (mills@udel.edu)
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