From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261169AbVEBWBJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 May 2005 18:01:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261172AbVEBWBJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 May 2005 18:01:09 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:45072 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261169AbVEBWAd (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 May 2005 18:00:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 00:00:30 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Blaisorblade Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Setting the hardware clock together with the system one(was: Re: [patch 1/1] x86_64: make string func definition work as intended) Message-ID: <20050502220030.GN3592@stusta.de> References: <20050501190851.5FD5B45EBB@zion> <20050501155327.GX3592@stusta.de> <200505022136.42202.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505022136.42202.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 09:36:41PM +0200, Blaisorblade wrote: > On Sunday 01 May 2005 17:53, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 09:08:51PM +0200, blaisorblade@yahoo.it wrote: > > >... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > Please correct the time settings on your computer. > I'm doing it by hand at every reboot. Just discovered this stupid Gentoo > default setting: > > # If you want to sync the system clock to the hardware clock during > # shutdown, then say "yes" here. > > CLOCK_SYSTOHC="no" > > In other words, the kernel does not auto-adjusts the hardware clock? Well, > that's not nice... (maybe only the Gentoo setting). Besides such issues, it might also be an option to set the time using NTP information at boot time or (if network is started later) when starting your internet connection. > Regards. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed