Re: Setting the internal clock

[Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>]

On 01 Jun 2009, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2009-06-01 09:40:44 +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 11:16:01AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > On 2009-06-01 11:08:37 +0200, K. Jantzen wrote:
> > > > Where can I set the internal clock?
> > > 
> > > With the "date" or "ntpdate" (better) command.
> > 
> > Those set the system (software) clock and not the hardware clock on the
> > board, though.
> 
> Yes, K. Jantzen asked for the *internal* clock, and the system clock
> is the most internal clock I know of (at least more internal than the
> hardware clock).
> 
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Regardless of the semantics, if you correct the software clock and then
run hwclock --systohc you will correct the hardware clock as well.

Anthony

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