Re: PROBLEM: Linux updates RTC secretly when clock synchronizes

From: Alex Bligh - linux-kernel (linux-kernel@alex.org.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 19:44:21 EST

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--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.

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Alex Bligh
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