[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#535354: linux-image-2.6.30-1-powerpc: PowerPC RTC Device needs kernel configuration change to work

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
Reply to: