Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/cesfic
To: None <gdamore@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 09/06/2006 07:26:30
On Sep 5, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

>
> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	gdamore
> Date:		Wed Sep  6 04:29:01 UTC 2006
>
> Modified Files:
> 	src/sys/arch/cesfic/cesfic: clock.c
> 	src/sys/arch/cesfic/include: types.h
>
> Log Message:
> Cesfic converted to timecounters (clockinterrupt only ) and generic- 
> todr
> (which is meaningless, since it lacks any kind of RTC.)

Not the only system that lacks one.  I've worked on plenty of embedded  
Xscale boards that also lacked an RTC.  It bootstraps time from the  
file system instead, and then just relies on an "ntpdate" during the  
boot process to get in sync with the rest of the world.

-- thorpej