Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 7 Nov 2001 02:01:37 +0100 | From | Kurt Roeckx <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: Linux updates RTC secretly when clock synchronizes |
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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 12:44:21AM -0000, Alex Bligh - linux-kernel wrote: > > > --On Wednesday, 07 November, 2001 12:00 AM +0000 Riley Williams > <rhw@MemAlpha.cx> wrote: > > > 2. The kernel makes no internal reference to the /dev/rtc driver, > > and it is left to userland tools to sync to the RTC on boot, > > and at other times as required. > > I think the kernel should set the machine time to the RTC time > as an initializer on boot. Other than that, I agree.
Which is something you do from userspace.
Kurt
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