[parisc-linux] NTP and the real time clock

Ralf Hildebrandt Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de
Mon, 6 May 2002 12:57:15 +0200


Am 06.05.2002 um 01:03:29 -0700 schrieb Randolph Chung folgendes:

> > So the hardwareclock is never set.
> 
> Are you sure?

Well, no.
 
> legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# hwclock --show
> Mon May  6 00:05:08 2002  -0.995996 seconds
> legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# date 050600002002
> Mon May  6 00:00:00 PDT 2002
> legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# hwclock --systohc
> legolas:/usr/src/linux-ide# hwclock --show
> Mon May  6 00:00:23 2002  -0.999298 seconds

OK, seems to work.
But what is that "-0.999298 seconds" stuff?

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