Re: DS20E, SMP

[Rich Payne <rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org>]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Christopher S. Swingley wrote:

> Rich,
> 
> > When you compiled 2.2.19pre13 did you include RTC (Real Time Clock
> > ) Support? If so, either get the rtc-lite patches or turn it off.
> 
>     CONFIG_RTC=y
> 
> Yes, I compiled it into the kernel (both under 2.2.19pre13 and 2.4.3pre3).
> 
> Is it better to build the kernel without it, or build one with the
> rtc-lite patches?

depends if you need RTC support or not....
 
> Does this also affect 2.4 kernels?

I've been told that 2.4 has been fixed in this regards, so it's safe to
put RTC in the kernel.

--rdp

> Thanks!
> 
> Chris
> 

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