RE: git: aa6fb1d277be - main - tzsetup: ask local/UTC question only on x86

Ed Maste <emaste_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote on
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:16:06 UTC :

> The branch main has been updated by emaste:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=aa6fb1d277be47c51abc309ac9305def0fce7f9d
> 
> commit aa6fb1d277be47c51abc309ac9305def0fce7f9d
> Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2024-06-12 23:48:24 +0000
> Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2024-06-14 16:15:48 +0000
> 
> tzsetup: ask local/UTC question only on x86
> 
> Storing local time in the RTC is a legacy of 1990s PCs; it's not
> relevant on other platforms of interest to FreeBSD.
. . .

So, you are saying that the modern aarch64 Windows 11 on a system
that has an RTC would be based on storing UTC in the RTC, even for
booting Windows 11?

[I dual boot a Windows DevKit 2023 with Windows 11 (presupplied
internal media) and with FreeBSD (external USB3 media). Imagine
that it had a RTC to make the question relevant.]

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Mark Millard
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