MCCLOCK(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

🕰️ MCCLOCK(4) 🕰️

okay so this is the mcclock(4) page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — folding the manual name in right here so we don't copy the whole header line, periodt. It's giving real-time clock lore, bestie, and we're obsessed. 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

mcclock — DS1287 real-time clock

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

these are the exact kernel config lines, one per platform, and every token stays exactly where it was. no renaming, no "fixing", no chaos. 🫶

algor

mcclock* at isa? port 0x70

alpha

mcclock* at gbus? offset ?
mcclock* at ioasic? offset ?
mcclock* at isa? port 0x70
mcclock* at jensenio? port ?

arc

mcclock* at jazzio?

evbmips

mcclock* at isa? port 0x70

pmax

mcclock* at ibus0 addr ?
mcclock* at ioasic? offset ?

sgimips

mcclock* at mace0 offset 0x3a0000

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

the mcclock driver provides support for the DS1287 real-time clock (RTC). yes, that's the whole vibe: RTC support, slay. 😌

okay but important, bestie: the kernel expects the RTC to run in UTC. that part is not decorative — UTC is the expectation. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

mwah 💋 — this page's source/version is Debian, its date is September 18, 2001, and the page tag is MCCLOCK(4). bye bestie, go read some man pages 💖

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