Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/cesfic
To: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
From: Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
List: source-changes
Date: 09/08/2006 14:47:38
[systems w/o RTC]
garrett_damore@tadpole.com said:
> These systems will now, by default, get a warning on boot that "no TOD
> clock present" and "CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!"
Systems with NFS root (the only choice on cesfic) use the last
access time of the root directory immediately after mounting root
as initial time.
This is arguably more accurate than a typical RTC... such a warning
is not appropriate at all.
best regards
Matthias