From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 16:29:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1636E33B; Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:29:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wynkoop@wynn.com) Received: from mail.wynn.com (wa3yre.wynn.com [199.89.147.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C335919D; Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:29:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ivory.lan (mail.wynn.com [199.89.147.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.wynn.com (8.14.3/8.12.6) with ESMTP id r0VGTd2P006142; Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:29:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wynkoop@wynn.com) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:29:39 -0500 From: Brett Wynkoop To: Ian Lepore Subject: Re: Some ideas on Tim's script Message-ID: <20130131112939.08738159@ivory.lan> In-Reply-To: <1359646189.93359.323.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> References: <51092D3A.4060608@ceetonetechnology.com> <1359646189.93359.323.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:29:41 -0000 On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:29:49 -0700 Ian Lepore wrote: > > I think ntpd may be a better solution. If you set ntpd_enable and > ntpd_sync_on_start to YES, ntpd will background itself immediately and > set the clock as soon as it reaches a server. The downsides are a bit > of syslog spam as it whines periodically about not finding its peers > until the network shows up, and of course at some point a minute or > two after the network is connected, the clock is going to make a big > jump forward, and some apps don't react well to that. > > -- Ian > Or we can forget time setting all together and set time by hand at initial boot, then take the system down every Sunday morning for backup to 9 track tape and reset the clock! I am sorry. I could not resist. I just got to thinking how back in the early 1980s when I was working with PDP 11/70s and Pyramid Super Micros that were as big as refrigerators. They were more than an order of magnitude less powerful than the Bone. So it sort of puts into perspective my personal frustration of a box without a built in RTC. I have to say to myself "What more do you need on a board that fits in your shirt pocket?" What a wonderful problem to have...trying to figure out how to set the time on a BeagleBone! -Brett -- wynkoop@wynn.com http://prd4.wynn.com/wynkoop/pgp-keys.txt 917-642-6925 718-717-5435 "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government" - Thomas Jefferson.