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From: mp@allegra
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: WARNING: TOD clock not initialized -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
Message-ID: <8321@allegra>
Date: 4 Jan 88 04:01:00 GMT
References: <8801041745.AA29775@bu-cs.bu.edu>
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If anyone has a patch for sun4's, please send it along; we don't yet
have source code or much knowledge of the assembly language.  A
short-term workaround, for both sun3's and sun4's, is to minimize
reliance on the tod clock: run rdate as soon as possible after booting,
and patch the kernel variable dosynctodr to be 0 so that the unix date
is not periodically copied (well, actually, it's adjtime'd) from the
incorrect info in the todr.  This workaround may result in
the unix date running a bit slow due to missed clock interrupts.

    Mark Plotnick
    Department of Solar Calendars
    allegra!mp