Bug#476970: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686: Generic RTC support hard compiled into kernel, should be compiled as a module.
Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686
Version: 2.6.24-5
Severity: important
This bug is causing the problems described in #475959 and #468745.
I have run into this problem with the debian 2.6.24 kernel across
multiple architectures (i686 and amd64). Support for a generic RTC has
been hard compiled into the kernel instead of being compiled as a
module. This generic RTC support does not work with all motherboards
and does not support the new /proc/sys/class/rtc interface. All other
RTC clock modules will fail to work, including those needed for proper
system operation because the RTC is perpetually busy due to the generic
RTC module being hard compiled into the kernel and thus is unloadable.
As seen in the kernel log below 'modprobe rtc_cmos' fails due to a busy
code.
This bug MUST be fixed if this kernel is to be releaseed with lenny,
because many cmos hardware clocks in intel based motherboards are
incompatible with the generic rtc code compiled into the kernel. In
those instances hwclock will fail to work without the --directisa
option.
I have fixed this problem by recompling the kernel with following
changes to the kernel config file.
CONFIG_RTC=m
CONFIG_GEN_RTC=m
# CONFIG_GEN_RTC_X is not set
-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 2.6.24-1-686 (Debian 2.6.24-5) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080308 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-21)) #1 SMP Thu Mar 27 17:45:04 UTC 2008
** Command line:
root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet
** Tainted: P (1)
** Kernel log:
rtc_cmos: probe of 00:03 failed with error -16
** Loaded modules:
Module Size Used by
rtc_cmos 8352 0
rtc_core 17992 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 3040 1 rtc_core
cifs 210132 0
nls_iso8859_1 4128 1
ntfs 204960 1
wlan_tkip 11936 3
ath_pci 175820 0
i915 22048 2
drm 74132 3 i915
ipv6 240836 14
ppdev 8804 0
parport_pc 33668 0
lp 11076 0
parport 34280 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
acpi_cpufreq 9260 1
cpufreq_powersave 1856 0
cpufreq_ondemand 8492 1
cpufreq_stats 5184 0
cpufreq_conservative 7560 0
freq_table 4512 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_userspace 4260 0
loop 16804 0
joydev 11360 0
snd_hda_intel 275264 0
snd_pcm_oss 38272 0
snd_pcm 71780 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss 15296 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 3780 0
snd_seq_oss 29472 0
snd_seq_midi 8160 0
snd_rawmidi 22624 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6976 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 46544 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 21092 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 7820 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 48612 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse 36464 0
i2c_i801 9232 0
wlan_scan_sta 12640 1
iTCO_wdt 11268 0
i2c_core 22432 1 i2c_i801
soundcore 7552 1 snd
ath_rate_sample 13504 1
serio_raw 6660 0
rtc 13052 0
intel_agp 23412 1
video 18672 0
output 3744 1 video
ac 6116 0
button 8432 0
battery 13572 0
agpgart 31688 3 drm,intel_agp
snd_page_alloc 10056 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
wlan 225616 5 wlan_tkip,ath_pci,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal 279328 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
evdev 11104 7
ext3 122888 1
jbd 43732 1 ext3
mbcache 8288 1 ext3
sd_mod 27200 4
ide_cd 36224 0
cdrom 32512 1 ide_cd
ata_generic 7428 0
generic 4388 0 [permanent]
8139too 25600 0
ahci 26084 3
ehci_hcd 32524 0
libata 144464 2 ata_generic,ahci
scsi_mod 141164 2 sd_mod,libata
8139cp 21856 0
mii 5312 2 8139too,8139cp
piix 7492 0 [permanent]
ide_core 108292 3 ide_cd,generic,piix
uhci_hcd 23376 0
usbcore 132940 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 16028 0
processor 36520 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 4772 0
** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
Region 0: Memory at 71000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Region 2: Memory at 60000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 4: I/O ports at 30d0 [size=8]
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at 71100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Conexant Unknown device [14f1:5051]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
Region 0: Memory at 72400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: 71300000-723fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000070000000-0000000070ffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 17
Region 4: I/O ports at 3080 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 18
Region 4: I/O ports at 3060 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 19
Region 4: I/O ports at 3040 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
Region 0: Memory at 72404800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
Memory behind bridge: 71200000-712fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
Region 4: I/O ports at 30a0 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
Kernel modules: piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 222
Region 0: I/O ports at 30b8 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at 30dc [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at 30b0 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 30d8 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at 3020 [size=32]
Region 5: Memory at 72404000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: Memory at 72404c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Region 4: I/O ports at 3000 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:137a]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
Region 0: Memory at 71300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
Kernel modules: ath5k, ath_pci
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:30d9]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
Region 0: I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at 71200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139cp, 8139too
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.20 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.91e tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information excluded
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