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Diffstat (limited to 'source/n/ntp/rc.ntpd')
| -rw-r--r-- | source/n/ntp/rc.ntpd | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/n/ntp/rc.ntpd b/source/n/ntp/rc.ntpd index 7cf3d50b0..c1d1411ca 100644 --- a/source/n/ntp/rc.ntpd +++ b/source/n/ntp/rc.ntpd @@ -7,6 +7,21 @@ ntpd_start() { echo -n "Starting NTP daemon: $CMDLINE" $CMDLINE -p /var/run/ntpd.pid echo + # The kernel is now mocking around with the the hardware clock if + # ntpd is running, so if the hardware clock (wall clock) is set to + # 'localtime' execute hwclock --localtime --systohc to disable the + # 11 minute mode kernel function: + if [ -x /sbin/hwclock ]; then + # Check for a broken motherboard RTC clock (where ioports for rtc are + # unknown) to prevent hwclock causing a hang: + if ! grep -q -w rtc /proc/ioports ; then + CLOCK_OPT="--directisa" + fi + if ! grep -q "^UTC" /etc/hardwareclock 2> /dev/null ; then + echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (localtime)." + /sbin/hwclock $CLOCK_OPT --localtime --systohc + fi + fi } # Stop ntpd: |