860 rtc problem

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 21:19, leeyang wrote:
>
> With 'date -s' command it returned time had been changed.
> However after a reset,the time go back to 1970's again :-(
>
> I try with 'hwclock' and it says below:
>
> bash-2.04# hwclock --debug
> hwclock 2.4c/util-linux-2.11f
> Using /dev/rtc interface to clock.
> Last drift adjustment done at 0 seconds after 1969
> Last calibration done at 0 seconds after 1969
> Hardware clock is on unknown time
> Assuming hardware clock is kept in local time.
> Waiting for clock tick...
> /dev/rtc does not have interrupt functions. Waiting in loop for time from
> /dev/rtc to change
> ...got clock tick
> Time read from Hardware Clock: 1970/01/09 21:28:28
> Hw clock time : 1970/01/09 21:28:28 = 786508 seconds since 1969
> Fri Jan  9 21:28:28 1970  -0.188839 seconds

`hwclock` with no arguments seems to be the same as `hwclock --show`. I
would recommend `hwclock -w`.

-Hollis

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