Bug#402823: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686: Can't access /dev/rtc

[Michael Richters <merlin@gedankenlabs.org>]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 03:23:44PM +0100, Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> * Michael Richters wrote:
> > I have a Dell PowerEdge 860, and the current stock Debian kernels
> > cannot access /dev/rtc:
> > 
> > [root@geomancer:~]
> > # hwclock --show
> > select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out
> > 
> > This same error occurs when the system is booting.
> 
> Could you please retry the above command using the --directisa option?

That works:

[root@geomancer:~]
# hwclock --directisa --show
Fri Dec 22 09:52:27 2006  -0.565819 seconds