openrc-discuss

Roy Marples wrote:
> You can replace the hwclock init script with the swclock init script which 
> sets the local time to the time when the system was shutdown. This avoids the 
> dependency recalc due to the invalid clock and you then run ntp to correctly 
> set the time.


Hmm, seems we could potentially merge swclock and hwclock?  Also I think 
the original bug poster overlooked that in his embedded situation he 
probably needs a cron job to regularly rewrite /etc/SHUTDOWNTIME in case 
the user simply unplugs the device rudely?

Perhaps the logic of the clock startup script could be re-ordered to 
something like:

- Set system clock using hwclock
- Check for /etc/LASTKNOWNTIME
- If it exists then choose the later of current systemtime and mtime of 
/etc/LASTKNOWNTIME

- At shutdown touch /etc/LASTKNOWNTIME

Does this get us anywhere...?  Basically we avoid time stepping backwards

Regards

Ed W