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| author | J William Piggott | 2014-10-20 20:07:27 +0200 |
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| committer | J William Piggott | 2014-10-20 20:07:27 +0200 |
| commit | 5cb71d2bcad3374a8357ac43c7bd8bde60351c15 (patch) | |
| tree | 724b0d0d9c92e0dbebaa65fabf8c140e9683143f /sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | |
| parent | sfdisk: fix compiler warnings about uninitialized variables (diff) | |
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hwclock: adjust wording of v2.26 notes
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 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index 3c021bfe0..30f191b10 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in @@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ gains time at a certain rate when left to run). Since v2.26 .B hwclock -does not update Hardware Clock's drift factor in @ADJTIME_PATH@ by default. -It's necessary to use \fB\-\-update-drift\fR with \fB\-\-set\fR or -\fB\-\-systohc\fR to force drift factor update. +does not update the Hardware Clock's drift factor in @ADJTIME_PATH@ by default. +It is necessary to use \fB\-\-update-drift\fR, with \fB\-\-set\fR or +\fB\-\-systohc\fR, to force drift factor updates. Since v2.26 -.B hwclock -automatically compensates Hardware Clock to account for systematic drift before -using it to set the System Clock by \fB\-\-hctosys\fR. It means that -\fB\-\-adjust\fR is no more necessary during boot. This functionality makes -hwclock usable early in boot process when the root filesystem is read-only. +.B hwclock \-\-hctosys +automatically compensates time read from the Hardware Clock to account for +systematic drift before using it to set the System Clock. Therefore, +\fB\-\-adjust\fR is no longer necessary during boot. This functionality makes +hwclock usable early in the boot process when the root filesystem is read-only. .SH FUNCTIONS You need exactly one of the following options to tell |