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make clear twice year DST problems with RTC_OFFSET -- from jhawk.

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perry 2000-03-06 01:08:34 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.98 2000/02/27 01:29:48 wrstuden Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.99 2000/03/06 01:08:34 perry Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996
.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
@ -813,6 +813,16 @@ early in the boot process, it is not possible to meaningfully change
in system initialization scripts.
Changing this value currently may only be done at kernel compile
time or by patching the kernel and rebooting).
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
Unfortunately, in many cases where the hardware clock
is kept in local time, it is adjusted for Daylight Savings
Time; this means that attempting to use
.Em RTC_OFFSET
to let NetBSD coexist with such an operating system, like Windows,
would necessitate changing
.Em RTC_OFFSET
twice a year. As such, this solution is imperfect.
.It Cd options KMEMSTATS
The kernel memory allocator,
.Xr malloc 9 ,