fix bug 0001185

and state that syncing system time depends on AlarmServer
using atd or opie-alarm

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/library/alarmserver.cpp b/library/alarmserver.cpp
index 2ea4025..a75fc7e 100644
--- a/library/alarmserver.cpp
+++ b/library/alarmserver.cpp
@@ -435,5 +435,8 @@ void AlarmServer::deleteAlarm (QDateTime when, const QCString& channel, const QC
 
 /*!
-  Writes the system clock to the hardware clock.
+  The implementation depends on the mode of AlarmServer. If the AlarmServer
+  uses atd the current system time will be written to the hardware clock.
+  If the AlarmServer relies on opie-alarm the time will be written once the
+  device gets suspended. opie-alarm is used by the Zaurus, iPAQs and SIMpad
 */
 void Global::writeHWClock()
diff --git a/library/global.cpp b/library/global.cpp
index 5c89430..90954fe 100644
--- a/library/global.cpp
+++ b/library/global.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ static QString dictDir()
   \section1 Hardware
 
-  The writeHWClock() function sets the hardware clock to the system
-  clock's date and time.
+  The implementation of the writeHWClock() function depends on the AlarmServer
+  implementation. If the AlarmServer is using atd the clock will be synced to
+  hardware. If opie-alarm is used the hardware clock will be synced before
+  suspending the device. opie-alarm is used by iPAQ and Zaurii implementation
 
   \ingroup qtopiaemb