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Don't mention pre 2.2 Linux kernels in documentation
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@@ -125,9 +125,7 @@ different quirks in its behaviour.
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The software is known to work in the following environments:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item Linux on i386, x86_64 and PowerPC architectures. The software is known
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to work on Linux 2.0.x and newer. Prior to 2.0.31, the real time clock can't
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be used.
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@item Linux 2.2 and newer
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@item NetBSD
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@item BSD/386
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@@ -826,18 +824,10 @@ compiled into the kernel). An estimate is made of the RTC error at a
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particular RTC second, and the rate at which the RTC gains or loses time
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relative to true time.
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The RTC is fully supported in 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.
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On 2.6 kernels, if your motherboard has a HPET, you need to enable the
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On 2.6 and later kernels, if your motherboard has a HPET, you need to enable the
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@samp{HPET_EMULATE_RTC} option in your kernel configuration. Otherwise, chrony
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will not be able to interact with the RTC device and will give up using it.
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For kernels in the 2.0 series prior to 2.0.32, the kernel was set up to
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trim the RTC every 11 minutes. This would be disasterous for
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@code{chronyd} -- there is no reliable way of synchronising with this
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trimming. For this reason, @code{chronyd} only supports the RTC in 2.0
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kernels from v2.0.32 onwards.
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When the computer is powered down, the measurement histories for all the
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NTP servers are saved to files (if the @code{dumponexit} directive is
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specified in the configuration file), and the RTC tracking information
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@@ -2637,8 +2627,7 @@ conditions apply:
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@enumerate 1
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@item
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You are running Linux version 2.2.x or 2.4.x (for any value of x), or v2.0.x
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with x>=32.
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You are running Linux version 2.2.x or later.
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@item
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You have compiled the kernel with extended real-time clock support
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