wrong kern.boottime

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <06ef01c3ebdd$36b53190$7890a8c0 at dyndns.org>, "Cyrille Lefevre" write
s:

>> ># last reboot
>> >reboot           ~                         Sun Feb  1 21:41
>> ># ls -l /var/run/dmesg.boot
>> ><
>> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  5547 Feb  1 21:40 /var/run/dmesg.boot
>> ># sysctl kern.boottime
>> >kern.boottime: { sec = 1075812223, usec = 350585 } Tue Feb  3 13:43:43 2004
>> ># uname -a
>> >FreeBSD gits 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #1: Sat Jan 31 15:17:05 CET 2004
>> >
>> >any idea ?
>>
>> What does "date" say on your machine ?
>
># date -u
>Thu Feb  5 11:39:36 UTC 2004
># date
>Thu Feb  5 12:39:39 CET 2004
># ls -l /etc/wall_cmos_clock
>-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Jun  9  2001 /etc/wall_cmos_clock
>
>ntpd is running, so, I'm on time.

Hmm, I'm not sure where last gets it's number from, maybe from utmp.

If the utmp record is written on boot before ntpd corrects the clock
that would be one explanation...

Either way, I'm pretty sure that kern.boottime contains what it should
contain:  Our best estimate of the time when the system was booted.

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