Subject: Re: system time -> NVRAM time
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/07/2002 13:20:55
[ On Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 13:41:46 (+0000), David Laight wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: system time -> NVRAM time
>
> > >what's the magic NetBSD command to copy system time to NVRAM time?
> > 
> > halt(8) ...  It happens automatically on system shutdown,
> 
> Is that necessary or desirable?

It's undesirable in some cases, especially where the system wasn't in
multi-user mode and may not have the correct system time.  I would
_MUCH_ rather it be done by a shutdown script rather than by the kernel.

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