I run into the same problems a couple of weeks ago. First I tried disabling mfgpt and it solved the problem but left the watchdog driver not funcional. Later on I undid this change, activated again mfgpt and installed adjtimex and ntp. My system is now working in perfect sync. <br>
<br>I've described this configuration in a wiki (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/wfrog/wiki/InstallOn_Alix3D2_voyageLinux0_6_2#Clock_sync">http://code.google.com/p/wfrog/wiki/InstallOn_Alix3D2_voyageLinux0_6_2#Clock_sync</a>). wfrog is the open source weather logger I'm running on the Alix 3D2. <br>
<br>Hope it helps!<br><br>Jordi.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/2/26 Robert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Robert@supporttime.com">Robert@supporttime.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey Punky,<br>
<br>
Thanks for getting back to me. So you're saying I have a choice between a working clock or a working watchdog, I can't have both?<br>
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Robert<br>
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From: Punky Tse [mailto:<a href="mailto:punkytse@punknix.com">punkytse@punknix.com</a>]<br>
Sent: 26 February 2010 02:48<br>
To: Robert<br>
Cc: '<a href="mailto:voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk">voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk</a>'<br>
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Clock Drift<br>
<br>
Hi Robert,<br>
<br>
Disabling mfgpt will make geode watchdog driver no functional.<br>
[ 22.373287] geodewdt: No timers were available<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Punky<br>
<br>
Robert wrote:<br>
> Hi Punky, Thierry,<br>
><br>
> Thanks very much for that suggestion. Tell me, is there any downside to adding that boot parameter? is it likely to cause me other issues?<br>
><br>
> Many thanks,<br>
><br>
> Rob<br>
> ________________________________________<br>
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> To: '<a href="mailto:voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk">voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk</a>'<br>
> Subject: RE: [Voyage-linux] Clock Drift<br>
><br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I have put in /boot/grub/menu.lst<br>
> kernel /vmlinuz root=LABEL=ROOT_FS console=ttyS0,38400n8 nomfgpt<br>
><br>
> and in /etc/crontab<br>
> 15 * * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate <a href="http://0.fr.pool.ntp.org" target="_blank">0.fr.pool.ntp.org</a> >> /dev/null 2>&1<br>
><br>
> This solve the issue.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thierry Museux<br>
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> Huybrechts<br>
> Envoyé : jeudi 25 février 2010 17:40<br>
> À : Robert<br>
> Cc : <a href="mailto:voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk">voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk</a><br>
> Objet : Re: [Voyage-linux] Clock Drift<br>
><br>
> Hi Rob,<br>
><br>
> Op donderdag 25-02-2010 om 08:26 uur [tijdzone -0800], schreef Robert:<br>
><br>
>> Hello Guys,<br>
>><br>
>> I've got some pretty serious clock drift on all the ALIX 3d2 which we've<br>
>><br>
> got. Seems that after even just a short period of running the time on the<br>
> systems is quite out of sync with the real time.<br>
><br>
>> Is this a common issue? We've had it for a long time but I've only<br>
>><br>
> recently sat down and tried to find a solution to the problem. Is this<br>
> hardware related? or something software related?<br>
><br>
>> Appreciate any advice you can offer.<br>
>><br>
>> Rob<br>
>><br>
><br>
> I've experienced the same issue on the ALIX 2d2 boards here. I've been<br>
> able to greatly reduce the drift by installing the adjtimex package.<br>
><br>
> Hope this helps for you as well.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Roel Huybrechts<br>
><br>
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