Re: [iPAQ] reset and date/time

From: Nils Faerber <nils.a.t.kernelconcepts.de>
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 12:04:24 EDT

Markus Gritsch wrote:
> Hi!
Hello!

> Is the kernel notified when the reset button is pressed, or is this a
> hardware reset of the processor? If the kernel gets notified, it could
> write the current time to /etc/lastdate before resetting. This way the
> date/time would be set to a good approximation after booting.

The reset button is a hardware reset and cannot be intercepted. On the
other hand it is very good this way ;) Imagine you have trashed your
machine and even reset would not work ;)

> Markus
Viele Grüße
  nils faerber

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