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35 .Nd "non-volatile RAM / real time clock"
43 driver is a front-end for the machine-independent
45 MC146818 and compatible clocks driver.
48 MC146818 and compatible clocks driver provides access to the real time clock
49 part of the chips it supports to
51 by interfacing with the generic clock code.
54 .Tn Maxim Semiconductor
56 (those are compatible to the
59 are found on the ISA bus of
61 systems and the EBus bus of
65 The following driver specific error message may be reported:
67 .It "mc146818_attach_attach: battery low"
68 The device signals that its battery is low and should be replaced.
71 driver refused to attach the device in this case as the time in the real time
72 clock is probably invalid.
73 This gives the generic clock code the chance to use another device as the
74 system real time clock that otherwise would not have been chosen.
82 driver first appeared in
88 .An "Marius Strobl" Aq marius@FreeBSD.org .