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Date:      Sun, 9 Feb 2014 20:05:52 +0000 (UTC)
From:      naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Invalid time in real time clock
Message-ID:  <ld8n30$1fk$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
References:  <lcj2jj$2bu$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <lcjpn2$1a07$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <lclnst$1fu$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <1391700303.2036.32.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse>

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Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> wrote:

> When you say "the RTC keeps up" do you mean that the RTC keeps time when
> mains power is removed - i.e. power cord unplugged for a "reasonable"
> length of time?

Yes, it does.  I just left the machine unplugged for twenty minutes
and when I restarted it, the BIOS still had the correct time.

Mysteriously enough, the invalid time warning is gone now, too.
I'm not sure I want to draw any conclusion from that.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de




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