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authorWilliam Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>2012-02-29 09:37:23 -0600
committerWilliam Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>2012-03-02 11:00:25 -0600
commit0fa164dff25969dd56a868446e0644396b2587dc (patch)
tree9f0e16def293b20487b811f02be63cc89cd7578c /conf.d/hwclock
parent582c8e986840158db3162a89cf85c29ec4bf7107 (diff)
Clarify the meaning of the clock_hctosys variable
Reported-by: Ian Abbott <ian@abbott.org> X-Gentoo-Bug: 405861 X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405861
Diffstat (limited to 'conf.d/hwclock')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/conf.d/hwclock b/conf.d/hwclock
index 230d81df..59bb732d 100644
--- a/conf.d/hwclock
+++ b/conf.d/hwclock
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
# you should set it to "local".
clock="UTC"
-# If you want to set the system time to the current hardware clock
-# during bootup, then say "YES" here. You do not need this if you are
-# running a modern kernel with CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS set to y.
+# If you want the hwclock script to set the system time (software clock)
+# to match the current hardware clock during bootup, leave this
+# commented out.
+# However, you can set this to "NO" ifyou are running a modern kernel
+# with CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS set to y and your hardware clock set to UTC.
#clock_hctosys="YES"
# If you do not want to set the hardware clock to the current system