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Diffstat (limited to 'hwclock')
| -rw-r--r-- | hwclock/hwclock.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hwclock/hwclock.c b/hwclock/hwclock.c index 9731dadfb..820c388d4 100644 --- a/hwclock/hwclock.c +++ b/hwclock/hwclock.c @@ -517,14 +517,19 @@ set_hardware_clock_exact(const time_t sethwtime, "Delaying further to reach the next full second.\n"), time_diff(beginsystime, refsystime)); - /* Now delay some more until Hardware Clock time newhwtime arrives */ + /* + * Now delay some more until Hardware Clock time newhwtime arrives. The -500 + * ms is because the Hardware Clock always sets to your set time plus 500 ms + * (because it is designed to update to the next second precisely 500 ms + * after you finish the setting). + */ do { float tdiff; gettimeofday(&nowsystime, NULL); tdiff = time_diff(nowsystime, beginsystime); if (tdiff < 0) goto time_resync; /* probably time was reset */ - } while (time_diff(nowsystime, refsystime) < newhwtime - sethwtime); + } while (time_diff(nowsystime, refsystime) - 0.5 < newhwtime - sethwtime); set_hardware_clock(newhwtime, universal, testing); } |