From: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 02:00:57 +0000 (-0500) Subject: hwclock: (manpage) add --param-index description X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c063b1804211d28e448df57bb1a0fe963aaa3b50;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git hwclock: (manpage) add --param-index description Signed-off-by: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo --- diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.adoc b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.adoc index 145bd27af..850717177 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.adoc +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.adoc @@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ This epoch value is used whenever *hwclock* reads or sets the Hardware Clock on Read and set the RTC's parameter. This is useful, for example, to retrieve the RTC's feature or set the RTC's Backup Switchover Mode. + _parameter_ is either a numeric RTC parameter value (see the Kernel's _include/uapi/linux/rtc.h_) or an alias. See *--help* for a list of valid aliases. _parameter_ and _value_, if prefixed with 0x, are interpreted as hexadecimal, otherwise decimal values. +**--param-index** __number__:: + +Select an instance of the same RTC parameter with it's index __number__. The default value for __number__ is 0. *--predict*:: Predict what the Hardware Clock will read in the future based upon the time given by the *--date* option and the information in _{ADJTIME_PATH}_. This is useful, for example, to account for drift when setting a Hardware Clock wakeup (aka alarm). See *rtcwake*(8).