Bug#535354: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc: PowerPC RTC Device needs kernel configuration change to work)
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regarding linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc: PowerPC RTC Device needs kernel configuration change to work
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Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc
Version: 2.6.30-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
The powerpc RTC support has changed to use RTC_DEV_GENERIC, rather than
the RTC_DEV_PPC option in 2.6.29 and below. The configuration needs to
be updated to use RTC_DEV_GENERIC, indeed, the RTC_DEV_PPC option has
been deleted in 2.6.30. The relevent patch causing the issue is here.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=bcd68a70cb0eee556d86d93133aa150319bd9f53
Steps to reproduce:
Boot using this kernel on a PPC platform. The init scripts will complain
that the RTC cannot be accessed.
Steps to fix:
Rebuild kernel with CONFIG_RTC_DEV_GENERIC=y. I've done this and it
works perfectly.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.26 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.93.3 tools for generating an initramfs
ii libc6 2.9-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii module-init-tools 3.9-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc recommends no packages.
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc suggests:
pn linux-doc-2.6.30 <none> (no description available)
pn mkvmlinuz <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/abort-install-2.6.30-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.30-1-powerpc: false
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.30-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.30-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.30-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.30-1-powerpc: false
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/initrd-2.6.30-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.30-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.30-1-powerpc: true
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--- Begin Message ---
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 01:31:56AM +0200, Mourad De Clerck wrote:
> reopen 535354
> thanks
>
> It seems that this bug hasn't been resolved yet.
Actually, I think the scope of this bug is resolved (though it looks
like you have found a different one). The requested config option did
get added, and I verified that it does fix the issue with rtc
discovery on my system (mac mini). I just confirmed that this did not
regress in 2.6.30-3.
> I'm currently on
> linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc 2.6.30-3 - yet rtc-generic complains:
>
> rtc-generic: hctosys: unable to read the hardware clock
>
> when trying "hwclock --systohc" for instance, it responds with the
> following:
>
> RTC_RD_TIME: Invalid argument
> ioctl() to /dev/rtc0 to read the time failed.
Would you mind filing a separate bug for this? I'd suggest using the
reportbug tool to collect more information about your system.
Also, if you could test one of the snapshot builds of 2.6.31 (see
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel), that would provide useful
information.
--
dann frazier
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