NAME¶

hwclock - variables that affect the behaviour of the hwclock boot script

DESCRIPTION¶

The /etc/default/rcS file contains variable settings in POSIX format:

Only one assignment is allowed per line. Comments (starting with '#') are also allowed.

The following variables can be set.

BADYEAR: This is used to specify that the hardware clock is incapable of storing years outside the range of 1994-1999. Set to yes if the hardware is broken or no if working correctly.

HWCLOCKACCESS: If the hardware clock is not accessible, set to no, in which case hwclock will not be run. Otherwise, set to yes.

HWCLOCKPARS: Additional options for hwclock. Unset by default. For example, this may be use to specify the machine hardware clock type for Alphas.

HCTOSYS_DEVICE: The hardware clock device you want to use. Defaults to rtc0. It should probably match the CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE kernel config option.

Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>