Re: New hwclock.sh for powerpc
On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Greg Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 06:24:14PM -0700, Joel Klecker wrote:
> > I worked this script out to address the problem we have on powerpc
> > with the different hardware clock programs.
> > This should use `clock' on Power Macs and `hwclock' on CHRP.
> > Please test it so I can add it to 'powerpc-utils' if it works.
> >
> > For those who care, my plan is to have powerpc-utils divert the
> > hwclock.sh that util-linux installs.
> >
> > (I suggest renaming the old /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh out of the way
> > before copying this one in its place.)
>
> Thanks for doing this. It's a nuisance to have to fix this by hand.
>
> BTW, does anyone know why support for the powermac's clock hasn't been added
> to hwclock? That seems like the obvious solution. I mean, why not have just
> one clock setting program that works for all machines? I know that the
> powermac's clock is accessed via /dev/adb instead of /dev/rtc, but why should
> that matter?
Why not add a /dev/rtc compatibility driver for ADB boxes? We intend to do the
same for the Amiga clock (on Amiga we have special ioctls for the hwclock).
Greetings,
Geert
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