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

[Norbert Tretkowski <norbert@tretkowski.de>]

* Michael Richters wrote:
> 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

Okay... as a temporary workaround, add the --directisa option to
$HWCLOCKPARS in /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh.

                Norbert