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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/ppp/patches/206-compensate_time_change.patch b/package/ppp/patches/206-compensate_time_change.patch index 041ae1f..fb6c656 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 @@ |