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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No RTC kernel support needed?
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:19:17
Message-Id: 49bf44f10902020818x7982a616qd4d8ef9d249c6c3a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No RTC kernel support needed? by Robin Atwood
1 >> >> One of my systems needed Real Time Clock -> PC-style 'CMOS' enabled in
2 >> >> the kernel to prevent a Hardware Clock error at startup and to make
3 >> >> the 'hwclock' command work. Another of my systems doesn't have Real
4 >> >> Time Clock kernel support enabled at all, and yet 'hwclock' works
5 >> >> fine. Does anyone know how that works?
6 >> >
7 >> > It might have something to do with the "High Resolution Timer Support"
8 >> > option (in "Processor type and features".) Not sure though.
9 >>
10 >> Thank you but none of my systems seem to have that enabled.
11 >>
12 >> - Grant
13 >
14 > See http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-731009-highlight-.html
15 > HTH
16
17 Thanks, does anyone know where this has gone in 2.6.28:
18
19 Device Drivers -> Character Devices -> Enhanced Real Time Clock Support
20
21 Or what the variable name might be so I can look it up that way? I
22 couldn't find it by searching for RTC in .config.
23
24 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No RTC kernel support needed? Robin Atwood <robin.atwood@×××××××××.net>