Bug#493567: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64: /dev/rtc* not created with 2.6.26, rtc_cmos module must be manually loaded.

[Teodor <mteodor@gmail.com>]

notfixed 476970 2.6.26-1
reopen 476970
tags 476970 - pending
found 476970 2.6.26-1
severity 493567 important
merge 476970 493567
tags 493567 + confirmed
kthxbye

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Rik Theys <rik.theys@esat.kuleuven.be> wrote:
> When booting the 2.6.26 kernel from unstable on Lenny, hwclock complains
> during boot that it can not read the hardware clock using any known
> methods.

piti:~# hwclock --debug --show
hwclock from util-linux-ng 2.13.1.1
hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=2: No such file or directory.
No usable clock interface found.
Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.

> It seems CONFIG_RTC is no longer set in the 2.6.26 config? It seems is was unset to fix #476970 to allow more specific modules to
> load.

In 2.6.25 we have CONFIG_RTC=y, but on 2.6.26 this is not even
selected as a module. Please select both CONFIG_RTC and CONFIG_GEN_RTC
as modules.

Thanks