Well, yes, for most applications the computers will be network
attached and I can use ntp. But, that brings up the other question,
should I periodically run "hwclock --systohc" so if the computer
reboots, it will come up at the right time? Or does ntp handle that?
Does anybody have the ntp client compiled for the Arm boards (TS-Linux)?
Don.
On 4/17/06, Yan Seiner <> wrote:
>
> --- In "Don W. Carr" <> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I am going to check the accuracy of the battery-backed clock
> and
> > the system clock. I have an atomic clock that syncs every night
> and is
> > always within 1 second.
> >
> > If the battery backed clock is more accurate, it might make sense
> for
> > my application to call the following every 24 hours:
> >
> > hwclock --hctosys
> >
>
> Also check into ntpdate or ntpd... ISTR that ntpd can use a local
> clock reference to keep the kernel clock in sync. hwclock is not
> recommended because it causes a big discontinous jump in the system
> clock... While ntpd gently nudges the clock in the right
> direction....
>
> Theory only, I don't have a TC RTC to play with... But I will need
> it, so this is of great interest to me.
>
> --Yan
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