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Diffstat (limited to 'hwclock/cmos.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | hwclock/cmos.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/hwclock/cmos.c b/hwclock/cmos.c index 4fc82d798..94153dea0 100644 --- a/hwclock/cmos.c +++ b/hwclock/cmos.c @@ -61,10 +61,17 @@ int inb(int c){ return 0; } #define BCD_TO_BIN(val) ((val)=((val)&15) + ((val)>>4)*10) #define BIN_TO_BCD(val) ((val)=(((val)/10)<<4) + (val)%10) +/* The epoch. + Unix uses 1900 as epoch for a struct tm, and 1970 for a time_t. + But what was written to CMOS? + Digital DECstations use 1928 - this is on a mips + Digital Unix uses 1952. + Windows NT uses 1980. + The ARC console expects to boot Windows NT and uses 1980. + (But a Ruffian uses 1900, just like SRM.) + It is reported that ALPHA_PRE_V1_2_SRM_CONSOLE uses 1958. */ #define TM_EPOCH 1900 -int cmos_epoch = 1900; /* 1980 for an alpha in ARC console time */ - /* One also sees 1952 (Digital Unix) - and 1958 (ALPHA_PRE_V1_2_SRM_CONSOLE) */ +int cmos_epoch = 1900; /* Martin Ostermann writes: The problem with the Jensen is twofold: First, it has the clock at a @@ -576,7 +583,7 @@ get_permissions_cmos(void) { } else { rc = i386_iopl(3); if (rc == -2) { - fprintf(stderr, _("I failed to get permission because I didnt try.\n")); + fprintf(stderr, _("I failed to get permission because I didn't try.\n")); } else if (rc != 0) { rc = errno; fprintf(stderr, _("%s is unable to get I/O port access: " |