System Time & Bios Mismatch - Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H (HPET Disabled)

[Yatti420]

Hi Everybody,

I've spent alot of time with Freenas 8 recently dealing with alot of problems.. Learning along the way.. In the last month I've dealt with 1 dead wd20ears drive followed by an onlslaught of problems.. Mainly bad USB or wonky working USBs and/or bad ports and bad NIC cards and/or ZFS checksum errors.. I have even rebuilt a new setup to see if i could pin down the culprit.. Everything seems stable and healthy for now.. Except I can't seem to set the system time correctly from bios or freenas..

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Here is the current setup..
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H (HPET Disabled - will verify)
Atheros LAN -ACL0?
1 x Realtek based PCI NIC card backup not configured..
2 x 4gb Crucial 1333mhz ram..
1 x 2gb Mushkin Silverline 1333mhz ram..
Intel P series.. - memory @1067mhz as result..
1 x WD20EARX (Idle timer disabled) (replacement drive for bad wd20ears) (sata 2 port)
1 x WD20EARS (Idle timer disabled) (sata 2 port)
2 x ST2000DM001 (SATA3 ports)
1 x Kingston Data Traveller G3 - USB2 - USB2 Port
Cooler Master 460w psu..

Ram has been tested.. Hdds are being tested again right now with HDAT2 in read mode.. If I remember ZFS errors correctly the first were on the initial failing drive I had which has now been RMAd for the wd20earx..

First set of errors.. ZFS Error = 5?

The most recent was one of the new seagate drives.. ZFS error = 85 or 86 ..

I am watching to see if this reoccurs..
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I can't seem to figure out why if I set one the other clock just jumps around.. I've read a few threads on timecounter but not sure if this is the exact issue.. I disabled HPET and tried to assign the time in freenas shell but just ended up moving the bios clock forward.. Seems strange.. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks,

 

[cyberjock]

Is there any particular reason why HPET is disabled? I'm not implying it may be the problem, but you mentioned it twice so I assume you have a reason why. I'm mostly curious why you'd disable it.

 

[Yatti420]

I was reading earlier threads where HPET was causing time to jump or something to that effect.. Was just curious to see if it was that - Is there any reason to keep it enabled?.. After all my hard drives are done testing I will try to see by how much time.. When I set bios freenas system time changes.. Or if I set freenas time via date command it changes BIOS which is really weird to me... I've also attempted to use the GUI to add the sys.kern..timecounter to i8254.. Not sure this is doing anything.. I should note this nas box isn't connected to the net so the timeservers will never be found..

 

[Yatti420]

I was reading earlier threads where HPET was causing time to jump or something to that effect.. Was just curious to see if it was that - Is there any reason to keep it enabled?.. After all my hard drives are done testing I will try to see by how much time.. When I set bios freenas system time changes.. Or if I set freenas time via date command it changes BIOS which is really weird to me... I've also attempted to use the GUI to add the sys.kern..timecounter to i8254.. Not sure this is doing anything.. I should note this nas box isn't connected to the net so the timeservers will never be found..

Code:

Code:
Sep  9 08:40:32 newsyslog[1466]: logfile first created
Sep  9 08:40:32 syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-2011 The FreeBSD Project.
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
Sep  9 08:40:kernel: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p9 #0: Thu Jul 19 12:39:10 PDT 2012
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: root@build.ixsystems.com:/build/home/jpaetzel/8.2.0/os-base/amd64/build/home/jpaetzel/8.2.0/FreeBSD/src/sys/FREENAS.amd64 amd64
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G630 @ 2.70GHz (2693.90-MHz K8-class CPU)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x206a7  Family = 6  Model = 2a  Stepping = 7
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: Features2=0x59ae3bf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,<b24>,XSAVE>
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: AMD Features=0x28000800<SYSCALL,RDTSCP,LM>
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: TSC: P-state invariant
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: real memory  = 10737418240 (10240 MB)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: avail memory = 10213277696 (9740 MB)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ACPI APIC Table: <ALASKA A M I>
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  2
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: WARNING: VIMAGE (virtualized network stack) is a highly experimental feature.
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: kbd1 at kbdmux0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: acpi0: <ALASKA A M I> on motherboard
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: acpi0: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: acpi0: reservation of 67, 1 (4) failed
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xf000-0xf03f mem 0xf7800000-0xf7bfffff,0xe0000000-0xefffffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 20.0 (no driver attached)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci0: <simple comms> at device 22.0 (no driver attached)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf7e18000-0xf7e183ff irq 16 at device 26.0 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ehci0: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: usbus0: EHCI version 1.0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: usbus0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci0: <multimedia, HDA> at device 27.0 (no driver attached)
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: : <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: alc0: <Atheros AR8151 v2.0 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xe000-0xe07f mem 0xf7d00000-0xf7d3ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: alc0: 11776 Tx FIFO, 12032 Rx FIFO
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: : Using 1 MSI message(s).
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: miibus0: <MII bus> on alc0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: atphy0: <Atheros F1 10/100/1000 PHY> PHY 0 on miibus0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: atphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: alc0: Ethernet address: 90:2b:34:65:52:f2
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: alc0: [FILTER]
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 28.6 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xf7c00000-0xf7c000ff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci4
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: miibus1: <MII bus> on rl0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> PHY 0 on miibus1
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, autoSep  9 08:40:32  : rl0: Ethernet address: 00:40:f4:72:34:52
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: rl0: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ehci1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf7e17000-0xf7e173ff irq 23 at device 29.0 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ehci1: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: usbus1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci1
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ahci0: <Intel Panther Point AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf0b0-0xf0b7,0xf0a0-0xf0a3,0xf090-0xf097,0xf080-0xf083,0xf060-0xf07f mem 0xf7e16000-0xf7e167ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ahci0: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ahci0: AHCI v1.30 with 6 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ahcich0: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich1: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich2: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich3: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich4: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ahcich5: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: acpi_tz1: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O.
Sep  9 08:40:32 kernel: atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
 
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: kbd0 at atkbd0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: coretemp0: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: coretemp0: Tj(target) value 102 does not seem right.
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 269700001b00
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: device_attach: est0 attach returned 6
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: coretemp1: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu1
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: coretemp1: Tj(target) value 102 does not seem right.
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 269700001b00
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: device_attach: est1 attach returned 6
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: fuse4bsd: version 0.3.9-pre1, FUSE ABI 7.8
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: usbus0: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ugen0.1: <Intel> at usbus0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub0: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ugen1.1: <Intel> at usbus1
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub1: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ugen0.2: <vendor 0x8087> at usbus0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub2: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ugen1.2: <vendor 0x8087> at usbus1
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub3: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus1
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: uhub3: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ugen0.3: <Kingston> at usbus0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: umass0: <Kingston DataTraveler G3, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3> on usbus0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada0: <ST2000DM001-9YN164 CC4B> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: da0: <Kingston DataTraveler G3 PMAP> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: da0: 3745MB (7669824 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 477C)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel:
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada0: Command Queueing enabled
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada0: 1907729MB (3907029168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada1 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada1: <ST2000DM001-9YN164 CC4B> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada1: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada1: Command Queueing enabled
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada1: 1907729MB (3907029168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada2 at ahcich2 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada2: <WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 51.0AB51> ATA-8 SATA 2.x device
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada2: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada2: Command Queueing enabled
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada2: 1907729MB (3907029168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada3 at ahcich4 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada3: <WDC WD20EARX-008FB0 51.0AB51> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada3: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada3: Command Queueing enabled
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ada3: 1907729MB (3907029168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: GEOM: da0s1: geometry does not match label (16h,63s != 255h,63s).
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/FreeNASs1a
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: WARNING: /data was not properly dismounted
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ZFS filesystem version 4
Sep  9 08:40:32  kernel: ZFS storage pool version 15
Sep  9 08:40:32  savecore: reboot after panic: vm_page_free: freeing busy page
Sep  9 08:40:32  savecore: no dump, not enough free space on device (140459 available, need 808346)
Sep  9 08:40:32  savecore: unsaved dumps found but not saved
Sep  9 08:40:32  ntpd[1634]: ntpd 4.2.4p5-a (1)
Sep  9 08:40:33  root: /etc/rc: WARNING: failed precmd routine for vmware_guestd
Sep  9 08:40:34  ntpd_initres[1646]: host name not found: 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
Sep  9 08:40:34  ntpd_initres[1646]: couldn't resolve `0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
Sep  9 08:40:34  ntpd_initres[1646]: host name not found: 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
Sep  9 08:40:34  ntpd_initres[1646]: couldn't resolve `1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
Sep  9 08:40:34  ntpd_initres[1646]: host name not found: 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
Sep  9 08:40:34  ntpd_initres[1646]: couldn't resolve `2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
Sep  9 09:00:02  autosnap.py: [tools.autosnap:42] Popen()ing: /sbin/zfs snapshot -r GREENSTORE@auto-20120909.0900-1m
Sep 10 03:01:00  sudo:    root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/etc/find_alias_for_smtplib.py -i root
Sep 10 03:01:01  sudo:    root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/etc/find_alias_for_smtplib.py -i root
Sep 10 09:00:03  autosnap.py: [tools.autosnap:42] Popen()ing: /sbin/zfs snapshot GREENSTORE1@auto-20120910.0900-1m
Sep 11 00:00:00  sudo:    root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/etc/find_alias_for_smtplib.py -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
Stop refresh

Code:

last pid: 39532;  load averages:  0.00,  0.01,  0.00  up 1+15:50:40    00:30:18
35 processes:  1 running, 34 sleeping
 
Mem: 142M Active, 4212M Inact, 5025M Wired, 9304K Cache, 142M Buf, 415M Free
Swap: 8192M Total, 8192M Free
 
 
  PID USERNAME    THR PRI NICE  SIZE    RES STATE  C  TIME  WCPU COMMAND
2181 root          6  44    0  147M 79064K uwait  1  0:32  0.00% python
2466 root          7  44    0 67412K  8148K ucond  0  0:23  0.00% collectd
1635 root          1  44    0 11784K  2348K select  1  0:01  0.00% ntpd
3021 root          1  49    0 87008K 38288K ttyin  0  0:01  0.00% python
1809 root          1  44    0 39220K  4560K select  0  0:01  0.00% nmbd
2616 root          1  76    0  7836K  1316K nanslp  0  0:00  0.00% cron
1476 root          1  44    0  6908K  1272K select  1  0:00  0.00% syslogd
1763 root          1  44    0 46796K  6880K select  1  0:00  0.00% smbd
39032 root          1  44    0 50428K  7908K select  0  0:00  0.00% smbd
2843 root          1  44    0  7840K  1340K select  1  0:00  0.00% rpcbind
35039 www          1  44    0 14372K  3852K kqread  0  0:00  0.00% nginx
2324 root          1  44    0 14372K  3436K pause  1  0:00  0.00% nginx
1808 root          1  44    0 46796K  6844K select  1  0:00  0.00% smbd
2847 root          1  76    0  6776K  1324K select  0  0:00  0.00% mountd
3023 root          1  76    0  6776K  1084K ttyin  0  0:00  0.00% getty
3026 root          1  76    0  6776K  1084K ttyin  0  0:00  0.00% getty
3025 root          1  76    0  6776K  1084K ttyin  0  0:00  0.00% getty
3022 root          1  76    0  6776K  1084K ttyin  0  0:00  0.00% getty

 

[cyberjock]

Sorry I didn't reply sooner... dealing with other issues in the world.

So the BIOS time is set to UTC(I think.. saw this issue in another thread), where as FreeNAS changes that time to match your timezone. If UTC is 5 hours ahead of you and you put in 01:00 the BIOS will show 06:00. You cannot change this as this is by design. Big picture it won't matter for you as long as you aren't trying to use the BIOS clock. I'd like to think you aren't using the BIOS as your main OS.. haha.

If I were you I'd reenable HPET. There really isn't any reason to disable it. It's meant to be provide a more accurate clock(but not a time clock afaik) for some OS functions. FreeBSD appears to be capable of using it. Unless you have a problem that is resolved by disabling it, I'd leave it enabled.

As for the time, as long as the OS is set to the correct time zone and you manually set the time it should be fine. If you are concerned because the BIOS isn't reflecting the correct time I wouldn't be worrying about that. Now if you can't seem to be able to set the timezone and the time to make it accurate, then you have a problem. ;)

I am not familiar with your setup, but if you have a way to connect the server to the internet, even just to sync the time once, that seems like the easiest way to do things to me. Perhaps even just connect your FreeNAS server to the internet just for the clock.

 

[Yatti420]

I've re-enabled HPET and everything seems stable with the time.. Was set via date using the shell..