From: J William Piggott Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:07:27 +0000 (-0400) Subject: hwclock: adjust wording of v2.26 notes X-Git-Tag: v2.26-rc1~291 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5cb71d2bcad3374a8357ac43c7bd8bde60351c15;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git hwclock: adjust wording of v2.26 notes Signed-off-by: J William Piggott --- diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index 3c021bfe03..30f191b108 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