Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 14:11:57 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Solaris dual-boot, problems with time (ntpd) Message-ID: <53C1341D.3000704@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <06FFA5E9-EAE1-4085-960A-4B06F313E961@ccsys.com> References: <CAGfO01xQe9ZwxETpcXK58PW63y_c9nRSNk1S3kkVPLOBhhsE4Q@mail.gmail.com> <06FFA5E9-EAE1-4085-960A-4B06F313E961@ccsys.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --wFwOE7evs5cTneASMqaCm0DtRcuw6v1Qj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10/07/2014 05:07, Chad J. Milios wrote: > Each OS has a way to let it know if that is or is not the case. In > FreeBSD, if any file exists at /etc/wall_cmos_clock then the kernel > treats the CMOS clock as the local time. If that file does not exist > then the default is that the CMOS clock represents universal > coordinated time (aka UTC). I don't use Solaris enough to tell you > its equivalent procedure from memory but it has the same toggle in > there somewhere. >=20 > (My knowledge of this is decades old. Can someone else confirm this > is still the canonical way to set this preference in FreeBSD?) Yes, this is still the case. The /etc/wall_cmos_clock mechanism hasn't changed in ages, although sometime around 9.0-RELEASE (I think) the installer changed to assume CMOS Clock running in UTC rather than wallclock time if you just accepted the default answers. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk --wFwOE7evs5cTneASMqaCm0DtRcuw6v1Qj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTwTQlXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATpuMP/2ucVfbanVKUN15SD1znGcaB jW0sSSQD7w6iVJkw+uXZphQUeDeF9mBkx25uUWKu/OPP2RwSsch7jty+qxBSRyog 8MlIC1diKWEnHppSDF28C3HsZha230Yd7XlRy/el3zY92OheAishur3MW9I7MQU1 9hn0Ep/Bkk7a1gy/lHNJSPMrWn0eIBwRkIwlsOMftudLkupgdB+Yqp/FwCFcXZkm 5yXil4ffZXSp1hgkVbybiJrWzk0Dqvlu5ZNLV2IPEMnU6bjCQoBnJKJe3IdD6NNh 7eif5WzaaiXhuStq148RaUZwmE5+tz9iYMigUoYOT+M4pYUPYXqAWpFIdAdzSwmu d6ASAbQpb1eJ2l1fVSBigoLDBvfZSeXuoH4HXVICrMsmz5H6dduiMoUerXSjoWlk 9pO9JhRwpmpx8ektDDscLjlYHRLJcLeUU12KHf0a+EFNZc+KiMCBTY2iz1y0DrtY Bsqb4NelznUwJhGs45oclwarGMsjDepboVnpxG6XbNkmC+hXICPYhqpWGqRHNX8b hUfF1nyvp2/CGcRknUu9lnwfVChUsBMNsjbcYvaOwmM9HkHNyWwGAw4dHmOBRIlY I0xoJtGev8il+nIhjv6Xu7tq6Di6YTSg1roYqepEEFfIVvte11TX5QY7m/mzZlsS 6dBkCsig/GiHnPlyIp4k =63gw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wFwOE7evs5cTneASMqaCm0DtRcuw6v1Qj--
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