Re: How to use ntp/ntpdate to fix my clock

[Henrique M Holschuh <hmh+debianml@rcm.org.br>]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > Also, hwclock --systohc disables the 11 minute update mode in the kernel,
> > and ntp may stop updating the kernel clock because of that. 
> 
> Are you sure? I believe that updating the hw clock every 11min is not done 
> with newer kernels.

Yes, I just tested and my 2.2.14 has (a working) 11 minute sync mode all
right (I have no idea about 2.3.x). But it is rather quirky...

I didn't test if hwclock does disable 11 minutes mode, but the man page says
it does.

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