Re: [gentoo-user] hwclock <--> sysclock and the ntp-client

[Dale]

meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> to get the correct system time I use ntp-client in the boot process.
> Furthermore in /etc/conf.d/hwclock I set:
>
>     # Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your Hardware Clock is set to UTC (also known as
>     # Greenwich Mean Time).  If that clock is set to the local time, then
>     # set CLOCK to "local".  Note that if you dual boot with Windows, then
>     # you should set it to "local".
>     clock="UTC"
>
>     # If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
>     # (software clock) during shutdown, then say "YES" here.
>     # You normally don't need to do this if you run a ntp daemon.
>     clock_systohc="YES"
>
>     # If you want to set the system time to the current hardware clock
>     # during bootup, then say "YES" here. You do not need this if you are
>     # running a modern kernel with CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS set to y.
>     # Also, be aware that if you set this to "NO", the system time will
>     # never be saved to the hardware clock unless you set
>     # clock_systohc="YES" above.
>     clock_hctosys="NO"
>
>     # If you wish to pass any other arguments to hwclock during bootup,
>     # you may do so here. Alpha users may wish to use --arc or --srm here.
>     clock_args=""
>
> In the kernel config file I had set:
>
>     CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS=y
>     CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE="rtc0"
>
> I would exspect that after a reboot of the system which system time is
> correctly set via ntp-client that the hwclock and system time only
> differ in a small amount of time.
>
> But:
> solfire:/home/mccramer>hwclock
> Mon Feb  6 19:05:11 2012  -0.172569 seconds
> solfire:/home/mccramer>date
> Mon Feb  6 18:49:37 CET 2012
> solfire:/home/mccramer>
>
> Is there anything else which I have to tweak to acchieve what I want?
>
> Thank you very much in advance for any help!
>
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
> PS: I need a correct hwclock since I want to wake the system via the
> hwclock.
>
>
>
>


I ran into some issues when I rebooted and I had to set both
clock_systohc & clock_hctosys to yes.  That worked for me at least.  One
sets the BIOS at shutdown and the other loads from the BIOS when
rebooting.

Yours may need something else but if nothing else works, try that.

Dale

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