Re: [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Better handling of insane CMOS values

From: Prarit Bhargava
Date: Tue Jul 31 2012 - 14:22:38 EST




On 07/31/2012 02:35 AM, John Stultz wrote:
> So CAI Qian noticed recent boot trouble on a machine that had its CMOS
> clock configured for the year 8200.
> See: http://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/29/188

In case anyone was wondering, the system's date was very much screwed up:

â System Time .......................................... 13:39:40 â
â System Date .......................................... Tue Jul 31, 8212

After testing these patches I set the year to 2012.

P.
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