[arch-general] linux 3.1-4 - two i686 lockups after ~ 5 hours of operations. two x86_64 seem OK

[David C. Rankin]

On 11/10/2011 01:55 PM, Mauro Santos wrote:
> On 10-11-2011 19:16, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>
>> Richard, David - check your hardware clock "# hwclock -r" and compare
>> that to the time returned by "# date". If they are hours apart, then
>> make sure your sysclock is correct and set the hardware clock to your
>> sysclock with "# hwclock -w". Worth checking regardless. I know this
>> used to be done on boot or shutdown and I don't know why it isn't
>> anymore. I'll do some more digging.
>
> You should take into account that 'hwclock -r' and 'date' might return different
> times and things will still be ok, it all depends on if you have the clock set
> to UTC or localtime and your timezone. The man page says there is some
> autodetection logic but as with all things it can fail.
>

True, hwclock always returns time in 'localtime' as does 'date'. Both also 
provide the '-u' option to return UTC. This box has the hwclock set to localtime 
because it dual-boots with M$. Come to think about it, it is one of my only 
boxes that is dual-boot. I wonder if the rtc set to localtime may be uncovering 
a regression that is causing this strange behavior, because honestly I can't 
explain jumping backwards in time over 13.75 hours with ntp running??

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.