On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Anybody knows how to make sure that the kernel will not mess with the hardware > clock every 11 minutes? The proper way would be to use a kernel that doesn't > try to do it, but I want to use Arch's standard kernel, which has > CONFIG_GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE=y. > Maybe something in /proc? > I don't know whether the kernel in my system is even doing it; I don't use > ntp, but the documentation doesn't say what triggers the 11m mode, it just > gives examples... As far as I know the only thing that will trigger 11-minute-mode is that an ntp client tells the kernel that it is running. To check if it is active you want the adjtimex systemcall. I don't think we have any program in our repos that coneviently displays this, so you'll have to make it yourself or find a snippet somewhere online. -t
