Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 11:39:23 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=" <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/include clock.h cpu.h src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c machdep.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9810061137540.449-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpzpbaf0cp.fsf@bergelmir.ifi.uio.no>
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On 6 Oct 1998, Dag-Erling C. [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > > Log: > > Add support for adjkerntz (largely untested). > > Is that really necessary? adjkerntz is only used if your system clock > is set to local time instead of UTC, and the only situation in which > that would be the case is a machine that multiboots FreeBSD and DOS / > Windows 95, which obvoiously "can't happen" on an Alpha. Unless > Windows NT also expects the system clock to keep local time rather > than UTC... My understanding is that NT will want the clock to keep local time. Certainly when I multiboot a machine between 95 and NT, I don't change the clock all the time, even in summer. My long term plans still include supporting AlphaBIOS which will allow multibooting NT and BSD. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039
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