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-rw-r--r--Documentation/deprecated.txt5
-rw-r--r--bash-completion/hwclock1
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/hwclock.8.in6
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/hwclock.c75
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/hwclock.h1
5 files changed, 8 insertions, 80 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/deprecated.txt b/Documentation/deprecated.txt
index fba47e0b5..df7f18fbf 100644
--- a/Documentation/deprecated.txt
+++ b/Documentation/deprecated.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ since: v2.30
--------------------------
+what: hwclock --compare
+why: Output printed by --compare option was nonesense.
+
+--------------------------
+
what: tailf
why: "tail -f" is better nowadays, tailf has unfixed bugs
diff --git a/bash-completion/hwclock b/bash-completion/hwclock
index de1ac20f3..89b17bd07 100644
--- a/bash-completion/hwclock
+++ b/bash-completion/hwclock
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ _hwclock_module()
--systohc
--systz
--adjust
- --compare
--getepoch
--setepoch
--predict
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in
index 9534c19bc..2dec7823e 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ discussion below, under
.BR "The Adjust Function" .
.
.TP
-.BR \-c , \ \-\-compare
-Periodically compare the Hardware Clock to the System Time and output
-the difference every 10 seconds. This will also print the frequency
-offset and tick.
-.
-.TP
.B \-\-getepoch
.TQ
.B \-\-setepoch
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.c b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
index 8716946d6..02a028950 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.c
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
@@ -1364,63 +1364,6 @@ manipulate_epoch(const struct hwclock_control *ctl)
# endif /* __alpha__ */
#endif /* __linux__ */
-/*
- * Compare the system and CMOS time and output the drift
- * in 10 second intervals.
- */
-static int compare_clock(const struct hwclock_control *ctl)
-{
- struct tm tm;
- struct timeval tv;
- double time1_sys, time2_sys;
- time_t time1_hw, time2_hw;
- bool hclock_valid = FALSE, first_pass = TRUE;
-
- if (ur->get_permissions())
- return EX_NOPERM;
-
- /* dummy call for increased precision */
- gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-
- synchronize_to_clock_tick(ctl);
- ur->read_hardware_clock(ctl, &tm);
-
- gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
- time1_sys = tv.tv_sec + tv.tv_usec / 1000000.0;
-
- mktime_tz(ctl, tm, &hclock_valid, &time1_hw);
-
- while (1) {
- double res;
-
- synchronize_to_clock_tick(ctl);
- ur->read_hardware_clock(ctl, &tm);
-
- gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
- time2_sys = tv.tv_sec + tv.tv_usec / 1000000.0;
-
- mktime_tz(ctl, tm, &hclock_valid, &time2_hw);
-
- if ((res = time2_hw - time1_hw))
- res = (((double)time1_hw - time1_sys) -
- ((double)time2_hw - time2_sys))
- / res;
-
- if (!first_pass)
- printf("%10.0f %10.6f %15.0f %4.0f\n",
- (double) time2_hw, time2_sys, res * 1e6, res *1e4);
- else {
- first_pass = FALSE;
- printf("hw-time system-time freq-offset-ppm tick\n");
- printf("%10.0f %10.6f\n", (double) time1_hw, time1_sys);
- }
- fflush(stdout);
- sleep(10);
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static void out_version(void)
{
printf(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION);
@@ -1459,7 +1402,6 @@ static void usage(const struct hwclock_control *ctl, const char *fmt, ...)
" --systz set the system time based on the current timezone\n"
" --adjust adjust the RTC to account for systematic drift since\n"
" the clock was last set or adjusted\n"), usageto);
- fputs(_(" -c, --compare periodically compare the system clock with the CMOS clock\n"), usageto);
#ifdef __linux__
fputs(_(" --getepoch print out the kernel's hardware clock epoch value\n"
" --setepoch set the kernel's hardware clock epoch value to the \n"
@@ -1547,7 +1489,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
static const struct option longopts[] = {
{"adjust", 0, 0, 'a'},
- {"compare", 0, 0, 'c'},
{"help", 0, 0, 'h'},
{"show", 0, 0, 'r'},
{"hctosys", 0, 0, 's'},
@@ -1627,7 +1568,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
atexit(close_stdout);
while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
- "?hvVDacrsuwAJSFf:", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
+ "?hvVDarsuwAJSFf:", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
err_exclusive_options(c, longopts, excl, excl_st);
@@ -1638,9 +1579,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
case 'a':
ctl.adjust = 1;
break;
- case 'c':
- ctl.compare = 1;
- break;
case 'r':
ctl.show = 1;
break;
@@ -1773,7 +1711,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
if (!(ctl.show | ctl.set | ctl.systohc | ctl.hctosys |
ctl.systz | ctl.adjust | ctl.getepoch | ctl.setepoch |
- ctl.predict | ctl.compare | ctl.get))
+ ctl.predict | ctl.get))
ctl.show = 1; /* default to show */
#ifdef __linux__
@@ -1796,14 +1734,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
/* Avoid writing adjtime file if we don't have to. */
adjtime.dirty = FALSE;
ctl.universal = hw_clock_is_utc(&ctl, adjtime);
- if (ctl.compare) {
- if (compare_clock(&ctl))
- hwclock_exit(&ctl, EX_NOPERM);
-
- rc = EX_OK;
- } else
- rc = manipulate_clock(&ctl, set_time, startup_time, &adjtime);
-
+ rc = manipulate_clock(&ctl, set_time, startup_time, &adjtime);
hwclock_exit(&ctl, rc);
return rc; /* Not reached */
}
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.h b/sys-utils/hwclock.h
index cd1d3b6cf..b08bd2d7a 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.h
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ struct hwclock_control {
hwaudit_on:1,
#endif
adjust:1,
- compare:1,
show:1,
hctosys:1,
utc:1,