Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:29:39 -0500 From: Brett Wynkoop <wynkoop@wynn.com> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org 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> <E583F0D6-084A-4FF3-89F0-966897F15D09@kientzle.com> <1359646189.93359.323.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:29:49 -0700 Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> 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.
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