[time-nuts] Oncore UT+ and NTP configuration

[Bruce Griffiths]

Hal Murray wrote:
> bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz said:
>    
>> Only issue for 8.0 was to ensure the real time clock driver was
>> enabled or the initial time error would often be too large.
>>      
> There is a command line switch that allows ntpd to start on systems that have
> a bogus initial date/time.
>
> > From the man page:
>
>         -g, --panicgate
>                Allow the first adjustment to be Big.   This  option  may
>                appear an unlimited number of times.
>
>                Normally,  ntpd exits with a message to the system log if
>                the offset exceeds the panic threshold, which is  1000  s
>                by  default. This option allows the time to be set to any
>                value without restriction; however, this can happen  only
>                once.  If the threshold is exceeded after that, ntpd will
>                exit with a message to the system log. This option can be
>                used with the -q and -x options.  See the tinker configu-
>                ration file directive for other options.
>
>
>    
I was aware of that, but using the real time clock seems to work better 
for subsequent power on, once the real time clock is set correctly.

However with 8.0 the real time clock driver had to be specifically 
included in the kernel config file whereas in 7.2 it was automatically 
included.

Bruce