hwclock: improve cmos message strings

* sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c: improve message strings

Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>

diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c b/sys-utils/hwclock-cmos.c
index a5eb9fd631f6729709984f55a37d8b2eec9b4000..5158369ac7875ed135d8b123baa8a8c36f233fb8 100644 (file)
--- 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,