From: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
To: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>
Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] NTP and the real time clock
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 01:03:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020506080328.GA30370@tausq.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020506065214.GE14146@charite.de>
> I find this intriguing:
>
> gecko:~# hwclock --show
> Mon May 6 08:46:27 2002 -0.994167 seconds
> gecko:~# hwclock --systohc
> gecko:~# hwclock --show
> Mon May 6 08:46:33 2002 -0.999854 seconds
>
> So the hardwareclock is never set.
Are you sure?
legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# hwclock --show
Mon May 6 00:05:08 2002 -0.995996 seconds
legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# date 050600002002
Mon May 6 00:00:00 PDT 2002
legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# hwclock --systohc
legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# hwclock --show
Mon May 6 00:00:23 2002 -0.999298 seconds
> Which setting in "Character Devices" do I need so hwclock can access
> the on-board real-time-clock?
> < > /dev/nvram support
> < > Enhanced Real Time Clock Support
You want: "Generic RTC device support" (I think it's on by default). The
fact that hwclock didn't give you an error suggests to me that you
already have that enabled.
randolph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-06 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-06 6:44 [parisc-linux] NTP and the real time clock Ralf Hildebrandt
2002-05-06 6:52 ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2002-05-06 7:52 ` kenneth westelinck
2002-05-06 8:03 ` Randolph Chung [this message]
2002-05-06 10:57 ` Ralf Hildebrandt
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