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

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