Issue: Kernels newer than 4.2 couldn't read the hw-clock and set the date to 1.1.1970 On Kernels up to 4.2 this kernel message appears (but the hw-clock works):
WARNING: Persistent clock returned invalid value! Check your CMOS/BIOS settings. Fix: 1. Apply https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/11853/ 2. flash and reboot 3. use nvramtool and a hex-editor to patch the cmos century-byte (byte# 0x32) it must be 0x20 (yes hex, it's BCD) 4. reboot again. it should work now
