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-rw-r--r--sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c b/sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c
index a5eb9fd63..5158369ac 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c
@@ -405,19 +405,18 @@ static int get_permissions_cmos(void)
rc = i386_iopl(3);
if (rc == IOPL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) {
- warnx(_("I failed to get permission because I didn't try."));
+ warnx(_("ISA port access is not implemented"));
} else if (rc != 0) {
rc = errno;
- warn(_("unable to get I/O port access: "
- "the iopl(3) call failed"));
+ warn(_("iopl() port access failed"));
if (rc == EPERM && geteuid())
- warnx(_("Probably you need root privileges.\n"));
+ warnx(_("root privileges may be required"));
}
return rc ? 1 : 0;
}
static struct clock_ops cmos_interface = {
- N_("Using direct I/O instructions to ISA clock."),
+ N_("Using direct ISA access to the clock"),
get_permissions_cmos,
read_hardware_clock_cmos,
set_hardware_clock_cmos,