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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/rtc/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 24 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig index ec33ee87735e..a53ef4d670cc 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig @@ -21,21 +21,31 @@ config RTC_CLASS will be called rtc-class. config RTC_HCTOSYS - bool "Set system time from RTC on startup" + bool "Set system time from RTC on startup and resume" depends on RTC_CLASS = y default y help - If you say yes here, the system time will be set using - the value read from the specified RTC device. This is useful - in order to avoid unnecessary fsck runs. + If you say yes here, the system time (wall clock) will be set using + the value read from a specified RTC device. This is useful to avoid + unnecessary fsck runs at boot time, and to network better. config RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE - string "The RTC to read the time from" + string "RTC used to set the system time" depends on RTC_HCTOSYS = y default "rtc0" help - The RTC device that will be used as the source for - the system time, usually rtc0. + The RTC device that will be used to (re)initialize the system + clock, usually rtc0. Initialization is done when the system + starts up, and when it resumes from a low power state. + + This clock should be battery-backed, so that it reads the correct + time when the system boots from a power-off state. Otherwise, your + system will need an external clock source (like an NTP server). + + If the clock you specify here is not battery backed, it may still + be useful to reinitialize system time when resuming from system + sleep states. Do not specify an RTC here unless it stays powered + during all this system's supported sleep states. config RTC_DEBUG bool "RTC debug support" |