diff -Nuar --exclude p --exclude '*.orig' openrc-0.2.5.orig/conf.d/hwclock openrc-0.2.5/conf.d/hwclock
--- openrc-0.2.5.orig/conf.d/hwclock	2008-05-28 06:39:52.000000000 -0700
+++ openrc-0.2.5/conf.d/hwclock	2008-09-03 12:52:55.156122454 -0700
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@
 # If you wish to pass any other arguments to hwclock during bootup,
 # you may do so here. Alpha users may wish to use --arc or --srm here.
 clock_args=""
+
+# If you wish to use a specific RTC device, you should specify it here.
+# You normally won't need to touch this.
+clock_rtc_device="/dev/rtc"
diff -Nuar --exclude p --exclude '*.orig' openrc-0.2.5.orig/init.d/hwclock.in openrc-0.2.5/init.d/hwclock.in
--- openrc-0.2.5.orig/init.d/hwclock.in	2008-05-28 06:39:52.000000000 -0700
+++ openrc-0.2.5/init.d/hwclock.in	2008-09-03 13:00:02.788074931 -0700
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 	utc_cmd="--localtime"
 fi
 
+if [ "${clock_rtc_device}" != "/dev/rtc" ]; then
+	clock_args="${clock_args} --rtc=${clock_rtc_device}"
+fi
+
 depend()
 {
 	provide clock
@@ -73,11 +77,16 @@
 		return 0
 	fi
 
-	ebegin "Setting system clock using the hardware clock [${utc}]"
-	if [ -e /proc/modules -a ! -e /dev/rtc ]; then
-		modprobe -q rtc || modprobe -q genrtc
+	if [ -e /proc/modules -a ! -e ${clock_rtc_device} ]; then
+		ebegin "Probing for RTC module"
+		modprobe -q rtc-cmos || modprobe -q rtc || modprobe -q genrtc
+		[ -e ${clock_rtc_device} ]
+		retval=$?
+		eend $retval
+		[ $retval -ne 0 ] && return 1
 	fi
 
+	ebegin "Setting system clock using the hardware clock [${utc}]"
 	if [ -e /etc/adjtime ] && yesno ${clock_adjfile}; then
 		_hwclock --adjust ${utc_cmd}
 		retval=$((${retval} + $?))