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| author | J William Piggott | 2015-02-08 22:44:26 +0100 |
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| committer | J William Piggott | 2015-02-08 22:44:26 +0100 |
| commit | 3400dbba7cb303126f364bbcd8a5430e4930b48a (patch) | |
| tree | fc75afe5b38dd54e53781651c65def7aaa79ee9c /sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | |
| parent | hwclock: Add ntptime reference to man-page (diff) | |
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hwclock: add checking kernel vars to man-page
How to check kernel clock variables with either
adjtimex or ntptime added to man-page.
Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/hwclock.8.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index 8656af8e2..9512690de 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in @@ -772,6 +772,11 @@ that sets the System Clock the old fashioned way. However, if the NTP daemon is still running, it will turn 11 minute mode back on again the next time it synchronizes the System Clock. .PP +When \%'11\ minute\ mode' is active the 64 bit of the kernel's +.I time_status +variable is unset. The status variable can be checked with the +.BR \%adjtimex\ --print " or " \%ntptime " commands." +.PP If your system runs with \%'11\ minute\ mode' on, it may need to use either .BR \%\-\-hctosys " or " \%\-\-systz in a startup script, especially if the Hardware Clock is configured to use |