[time-nuts] Oncore UT+ and NTP configuration

Bob Camp lists at cq.nu
Fri Jan 22 01:04:59 UTC 2010


Hi

Do you remember what the exact setting was to include the RTC driver in the kernel?

Bob


On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote:

> Hal Murray wrote:
>> bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz said:
>>   
>>> Only issue for 8.0 was to ensure the real time clock driver was
>>> enabled or the initial time error would often be too large.
>>>     
>> There is a command line switch that allows ntpd to start on systems that have
>> a bogus initial date/time.
>> 
>> > From the man page:
>> 
>>        -g, --panicgate
>>               Allow the first adjustment to be Big.   This  option  may
>>               appear an unlimited number of times.
>> 
>>               Normally,  ntpd exits with a message to the system log if
>>               the offset exceeds the panic threshold, which is  1000  s
>>               by  default. This option allows the time to be set to any
>>               value without restriction; however, this can happen  only
>>               once.  If the threshold is exceeded after that, ntpd will
>>               exit with a message to the system log. This option can be
>>               used with the -q and -x options.  See the tinker configu-
>>               ration file directive for other options.
>> 
>> 
>>   
> I was aware of that, but using the real time clock seems to work better for subsequent power on, once the real time clock is set correctly.
> 
> However with 8.0 the real time clock driver had to be specifically included in the kernel config file whereas in 7.2 it was automatically included.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
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