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Date:      Mon, 1 Jan 2018 09:57:23 +0100
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: panic: invalid bcd 194
Message-ID:  <20180101085723.GM2827@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <20180101085425.GA2301@c720-r314251>
References:  <20171230210711.GA75976@c720-r314251> <20171230211154.GT1684@kib.kiev.ua> <20171230214819.GA2191@c720-r314251> <20171231083624.GA2175@c720-r314251> <1514740790.12000.20.camel@freebsd.org> <20180101085425.GA2301@c720-r314251>

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Hi!

> For the moment we solved the issue by booting some older r28nnnn
> memstick, writing a correct date with ntpdate into the RTC and rebooted
> without poweroff. It seems that the RTC survives even some short
> powercyle.
> 
> The CMOS battery is soldered on the motherboard of the Acer C720, i.e.
> no chance to be replaced.
> 
> The issue must be fixed in FreeBSD, i.e. it should boot even with a
> broken RTC. Should I file a PR for this?

Yes, please file a PR.

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pi@opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         2 years to go !



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