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| author | jow <jow@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73> | 2012-06-19 17:03:24 +0000 |
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| committer | jow <jow@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73> | 2012-06-19 17:03:24 +0000 |
| commit | 5cae7371a78b99af668d4e1f43c985a8b707aa33 (patch) | |
| tree | a44347c0cfedce98ee1f16906d3391c4d86b2d48 /package/ppp/patches/206-compensate_time_change.patch | |
| parent | 7c90f3b2b498531a267b0e85c4f634f65d76eba8 (diff) | |
[package] ppp: annotate most patches with description and S-o-b
git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@32463 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73
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diff --git a/package/ppp/patches/206-compensate_time_change.patch b/package/ppp/patches/206-compensate_time_change.patch index 041ae1f86..fb6c65679 100644 --- a/package/ppp/patches/206-compensate_time_change.patch +++ b/package/ppp/patches/206-compensate_time_change.patch @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +pppd: Watch out for time warps + +On many embedded systems there is no battery backed RTC and a proper system +time only becomes available through NTP after establishing a connection. + +When the clock suddenly jumps forward, the internal accounting (connect time) +is confused resulting in unreliable data. + +This patch implements periodic clock checking to look for time warps, if one +is detected, the internal counters are adjusted accordingly. + +Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org> + --- a/pppd/main.c +++ b/pppd/main.c @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ |