Hi Freek, Am 06.12.2017 um 15:23 schrieb Freek de Kruijf: > In Raspbian I noticed a packet always included in the image called fake- > hwclock. I used the tar.gz file together with a .spec file to generate this > packet for openSUSE distributions for systems without a Real Time Clock. > > The description is: > Some machines don't have a working realtime clock (RTC) unit, or no driver > for > the hardware that does exist. > fake-hwclock is a simple set of scripts to save the kernel's current clock > periodically (including at shutdown) and restore it at boot so that the > system > clock keeps at least close to realtime. This will stop some of the problems > that may be caused by a system believing it has travelled in time back to > 1970, such as needing to perform file system checks at every boot. > > On top of this, use of NTP is still recommended to deal with the fake clock > "drifting" while the hardware is halted or rebooting. > > Hope this is accepted to be included.
You forgot to mention the link or request number you want us to accept. Cheers, Andreas -- SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
