Subject: Re: NetBSD_1.4Beta & Date
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/04/1999 10:01:41
> sysctling kern.rtc_offset is absolutely useless. By the time userland
> starts up, inittodr() has long since been executed. I don't even
> remember if I bothered making the variable writable for just that
> reason.
> The only reasonable options are patching and using options RTC_OFFSET
> I think someone had a program they proposed adding to userland that
> would automate the patching process, but its pretty trivial anyway.

Hmm.  It would be really elegant if sysinst would offer to patch up your kernel
after the installation was complete (as if sysinst didn't already have enough
to do...).