405LP RTC reset

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 15:15, David Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:38:53AM -0600, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> >
> > The only issue I can think of here is the firmware setting it
> > incorrectly or not at all. In that case, a few seconds will be expanded
> > or compressed, but that's better than time running too fast or slow
> > forever, right?
>
> That's true.  Still, I think it might be worth testing what the rate
> is set to when we come in, and printing a warning if it's not what we
> expect before we adjust it.  If it just silently corrects it I could
> imagine it being pretty nasty to track down why the device is
> losing/gaining time each boot.

Sounds like a very good idea. I'll add it to my list unless someone
beats me to it. :)

-Hollis
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