Bug#465315: kernel: Workaround for the problem: select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out

[oliver <ok@xynyx.de>]

To workaround this problem, you can accress the hardwareclock with:

computer:/var/log# hwclock -r
select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out
computer:/var/log# hwclock --directisa -r
Fr 22 Feb 2008 13:19:13 CET  -0.095899 seconds
computer:/var/log# hwclock --directisa --systohc
computer:/var/log# hwclock --directisa -r
Fr 22 Feb 2008 12:19:36 CET  -0.298484 seconds

The hwclock manpage says:
--directisa
---- snip
If it is unable to open the device (for read), it will use the explicit 
I/O instructions anyway.
-----snip

What I don`t understand is, why the system scripts don`t work?!

Bye,

Oliver

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash