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Re: Set time & date for IXP425
- From: Mark Salter <msalter at redhat dot com>
- To: Chen Zhigao <banyan8 at yahoo dot com dot sg>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 07:31:41 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Set time & date for IXP425
- References: <431D5401.106@yahoo.com.sg>
On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 16:32 +0800, Chen Zhigao wrote:
> Dear RedBoot users,
>
> My IXP425 board comes with a RedBoot v1.92p1. After MontaVista boots, I
> found the pre-configured time is Jan 1, UTC 1970.
>
> Although I can change software time and date under MontaVista, I am not
> able to synchronize hardware time using "hwclock". It says /dev/misc/rtc
> does not exist and there is no method to access the Hardware Clock.
> Besides, I prefer setting hardware time under RedBoot instead. But it
> seems RedBoot UserGuide does not elaborate on how to accomplish this. I
> would appreciate it if someone can give me some pointer.
>
The IXP425 does not have a hardware RTC so there is nothing to set.
--Mark
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