[clue-tech] IBM xSeries; hwclock & /dev/rtc; kjournald

[David L. Anselmi]

mike havlicek wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions.
> 
> The system in question is an IBM xSeries 360 8686-1RX with 4 cpus. 
> I have found that there are issues with hwclock accessing /dev/rtc when running CentOS linux on this machine type. 

With all that detail, it might be worth asking on the lkml.

Why is it important to use hwclock?  Not that that helps answer your 
question, just curious how important it is.

Dave