On Thu 04 Mar, Philip Blundell wrote:
> >Not all of them have a reliable internet connectiom so using ntp
> >isn't a great solution. It's probably a firmware problem rather than
> >NetBSD per se (it would be interesting to find out if the ARMLinux
> >people have seen it, I've CC:d Phil Blundell), but it would be nice
> >to get the problem sorted.
> 
> I've never noticed it, but equally I never paid much attention to the
> clock.  
> 
> Are you talking about the Dallas battery-backed RTC or the internal
> softclock that the kernel keeps?  (That is, do you mean that the time is OK
> until you reboot at which point it's way off, or that while the machine is
> running its clock gradually drifts?)

While the machine is running, it's clock gradually drifts. Rebooting
doesn't alter the delta which is surely a bit weird unless there's writeback
to the Dallas to keep it in sync.

-- 
Dr. Stephen Borrill