Re: Bug#116780: util-linux: hwclock shouldn't be run
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 06:37:05PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, John Goerzen wrote:
>
> > Package: util-linux
> > Version: 2.11l-1
> > Severity: important
> >
> > On many PowerPC machines (maybe all?), the program "clock" should be used
> > from powerpc-utils. Using hwclock actually hangs the bootup procedure
> > because it confuses the RTC driver in the kernel. I suggest that hwclock
> > should be split into a separate package so that people can get util-linux
> > functionality without rendering their systems unbootable. Or, at least make
> > sure that it's not run by default on powerpc.
>
> Hi John,
>
> hwclock does currently run at bootup on all machines except PowerPC/PReP
> (and s390) systems. It's no problem for me to change it, but I need an
> _exact_ description on which machines it shouldn't be run (I don't have a
> PowerPC machine myself).
>
> IOW I need a replacement for the following part of the postinst:
John, what kernel/machine do you have hwclock causing a hang? I'm not
sure off the top of my head what the status is in 2.2, but 2.4 has a
"proper" /dev/rtc driver. We should be using hwclock. Clock is an
awful ADB-bit-bashing hack that needs to die.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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