Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/etc
To: None <martin@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/26/2003 23:49:36
Martin Husemann <martin@netbsd.org> writes:
> Log Message:
> Add a new /etc/rc.conf option: rtclocaltime=YES adapts the RTC offset
> at boot automatically, so a machine dual booting another OS that uses
> the RTC at localtime and NetBSD agree on the current time even if daylight
> saving started/ended (without recompiling a kernel twice per year).
> Awk code by Matt Thomas.

How does this work? inittodr is called far too early during boot for
later settings of the offset to do the right thing...

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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com