From: J William Piggott Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 21:44:26 +0000 (-0500) Subject: hwclock: add checking kernel vars to man-page X-Git-Tag: v2.26~44^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3400dbba7cb303126f364bbcd8a5430e4930b48a;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git 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 --- diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index 8656af8e26..9512690dea 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