HWCLOCK(5)                        Debian Administrator's Manual                        HWCLOCK(5)



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

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

            VAR=VAL

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


OPTIONS
       The following variables can be set.


       BADYEAR
              This  is used to specify that the hardware clock is incapable of storing years out‐
              side 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.


AUTHOR
       Roger Leigh <rleigh AT debian.org>


SEE ALSO
       hwclock(8), rcS(5).



                                             Feb 2012                                  HWCLOCK(5)