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From: Robin Atwood <robin.atwood@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No RTC kernel support needed?
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:25:45
Message-Id: 200902022025.30697.robin.atwood@attglobal.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No RTC kernel support needed? by Grant
1 On Sunday 01 Feb 2009, Grant wrote:
2 > >> One of my systems needed Real Time Clock -> PC-style 'CMOS' enabled in
3 > >> the kernel to prevent a Hardware Clock error at startup and to make
4 > >> the 'hwclock' command work. Another of my systems doesn't have Real
5 > >> Time Clock kernel support enabled at all, and yet 'hwclock' works
6 > >> fine. Does anyone know how that works?
7 > >
8 > > It might have something to do with the "High Resolution Timer Support"
9 > > option (in "Processor type and features".) Not sure though.
10 >
11 > Thank you but none of my systems seem to have that enabled.
12 >
13 > - Grant
14
15 See http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-731009-highlight-.html
16 HTH
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19 Robin Atwood

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