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- Subject: Re: [chrony-users] Using Chrony with a DS3231 RTC without RTC_UIE_ON
- From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:24:55 +0200
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On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 03:47:32AM +0300, Avamander wrote:
> Yeah, constant tracking seems infeasible. Though, I do think it would be
> fine if done once in a month or something. Now to think of it, I'd be fine
> if it's not tracked at all, just that it's kept up-to-date and Chrony is
> able to restore time on boot. Is there a way to at least have that?
The -s option should read the RTC even without the tracking, but it
won't be able to compensate for the drift and the writertc command
won't work. I'd suggest to call hwclock -w on shutdown or periodically
as a cron job.
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Miroslav Lichvar
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