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@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@ +<p> This program sets the clock (date and time) on 3ware 9xxx series controllers from the system clock, so that the BBU installation and test dates are -coorrect. +correct. +</p> +<p> I'm not entirely sure what mechanism was intended to do this originally, the linux driver only synchronizes time of week whilst the system is running, and I didn't find any code to do this in the 3ware BIOS. +</p> +<p> optional argument is the 3ware controller you wist to set the date on otherwise it assumes /dev/twa0 +</p> +<p> The utility only sets the clock if it's wrong by more than 15 seconds. +</p> +<pre> root@otherthing:~/projects/twa_t/twa_t/src# ./twa_t Controller time is: Sun Jan 1 13:29:27 1970 Controller time difference is 1484524828.0 seconds Setting controller time Controller time is: Sun Jan 16 12:29:55 2017 root@otherthing:~/projects/twa_t/twa_t/src# - +</pre> |