From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:57:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:56:56 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.1]:20722 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:56:34 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:56:30 +0100 (MET) From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Message-Id: To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, BJerrick@easystreet.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, p_gortmaker@yahoo.com Subject: Re: 500 ms offset in i386 Real Time Clock setting Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Neither hwclock nor the /dev/rtc driver takes the following comment from > set_rtc_mmss() in arch/i386/kernel/time.c into account. > As a result, using hwclock --systohc or --adjust always leaves the > Hardware Clock 500 ms ahead of the System Clock By pure coincidence Q@ping.be sent me patches just one day ago. I still have to look at the details, but it seems very likely that this will be corrected in the next util-linux release. Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/