boot_override_clocksource(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to boot_override_clocksource(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this one is literally called boot clock override, and yes that's the whole name. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int boot_override_clocksource (char* str );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — the override name, bestie. That's it, that's the argument. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the way this works: it takes a clocksource= boot argument and uses it as the clocksource override name. periodt. no extra lore on the page, just that cute little handoff. 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./kernel/time/clocksource.c and the whole friend group:

• clocks_calc_mult_shift(9)
• clocksource_mark_unstable(9)
• clocksource_suspend_select(9)
• clocksource_start_suspend_timing(9)
• clocksource_stop_suspend_timing(9)
• clocksource_suspend(9)
• clocksource_resume(9)
• clocksource_touch_watchdog(9)
• clocksource_max_adjustment(9)
• clocks_calc_max_nsecs(9)
• clocksource_update_max_deferment(9)
• clocksource_select(9)
• __clocksource_update_freq_scale(9)
• __clocksource_register_scale(9)
• clocksource_unregister(9)
• current_clocksource_show(9)
• current_clocksource_store(9)
• unbind_clocksource_store(9)
• available_clocksource_show(9)
• boot_override_clock(9)

💜 cute lil sign-off: this page lives in ./kernel/time, dated October 2026, and the main character is boot_override_clocksource(9). bye bestie! 🫶