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Re: [chrony-dev] Let the kernel write the sys clock to RTC

2010-05-14 Thread Piotr Grudzinski
> 3. In an extreme case, the only permanent storage, with r/w access, > is a small > NVRAM in RTC. The estimated system clock error/drift ca be stored > there. No, there is no linux way of putting the drift rate into the rtc that I know of. I read it from NVRAM and create a drift file

Re: [chrony-dev] Let the kernel write the sys clock to RTC

2010-05-14 Thread Piotr Grudzinski
2. The kernel writes to RTC at a 0.5 second mark so the error can be minimize in case of power outage and no access to NTP servers. No idea what you mean here. Yes, in order to write to the rtc, you have to stagger the write because the rtc is weird. But what has this to do with your desire

Re: [chrony-dev] Let the kernel write the sys clock to RTC

2010-05-14 Thread Bill Unruh
On Fri, 14 May 2010, Piotr Grudzinski wrote: > 2. The kernel writes to RTC at a 0.5 second mark so the error can be > minimize in case of > power outage and no access to NTP servers. No idea what you mean here. Yes, in order to write to the rtc, you have to stagger the write because the