On Sat, 18 Oct 2008, Kolbj??rn Barmen wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008, Riccardo wrote: > > > I don't know "how", but with 2.2 kernels I always had a correct date > > at boot without any tricks. It is true though that with high CPU load > > we had clockskew and that we didn't save back the date and hourtime to > > the clock, thus any clock setting needed to be done from the mac side. > > A compromoise, but better than the current situation. > > The clockproblem is something I stumble upon every now and then on > various machinees - I really wish there was a kernel parameter where one > could set a date string, then the bootloader could pass it on. It isn't a problem if you disable the time-stamp triggered fsck and set the clock from the network (rdate or ntp). Finn > Currently i use a /.timestamp file that I read from init=/sbin/init.noclock; > > --- > firda ~ # cat /sbin/init.noclock > #! /bin/bash > if test $(/bin/date +%Y) -lt 2008 ; then > /bin/date -s "1970-01-01 + $(($(/bin/stat -c %X /.timestamp) +3600)) > seconds" > fi > exec /sbin/init > --- > > I make sure the .timestamp is touched regularly and on shutdown. > > > This trick I now use on quadra910, an old acer laptop, gumstix ... :P > > -- kolla > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >
