On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Russell King wrote:
> Oliver Xymoron writes:
> > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Russell King wrote:
> > > So, why don't we update the hours and be done with it? We would have to
> > > play the same game with the days of the month vs hours. Also, we don't
> > > know if the CMOS clock is programmed for UTC time or not (the kernel's
> > > idea of time is UTC. Your CMOS may be programmed for EST for instance).
> >
> > Sounds like its still broken then - there are time zones which are not
> > even multiples of 60 minutes.
>
> Correct; please examine the code and you will find the answer to this.
> Specifically, look at the lines around the following comment:
>
> /* correct for half hour time zone */
Uhh.. Kathmandu? Chatham Island? +5:45 and +13:45 (DST) respectively.
At any rate, the printk should go - do_timer_interrupt already expects the
"bug" its reporting.
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