Messages in this thread | | | From | <> | Subject | RE: updating the RTC automagically | Date | Mon, 22 Nov 1999 08:38:03 +0100 |
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> Wel, well. How do you explain that the system clock is still the same > after having used "date -s" several times? Should each system have a > cron job to update the RTC via hwclock hourly, or maybe update it > during system shutdown? RTC regulation is a BIOS functionnality.It often updates RTC datas every 30 sec or so. _but_ Linux ought modify the stuff by itself. That's true some machines won't update RTC automagically but I think it has been patched.
> Also: The kernel can probably do the job more precisely than a user > daemon. (I'm talking about fractional seconds) We need that stuff but also, for Y2K instance, some program comparing OS - BIOS - RTC date in RT so we can incriminate the right side.
Regards, Fabian
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