On Sun, 27 Feb 2011, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Doesn?t the kernel set the clock now, before [userland]? Yes, it will if you configure the kernel at build time with CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS and the appropriate CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE. This device must use UTC and the relevant RTC driver must be built-in (not a module). Finn