On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 08:54:45AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes: > > > you should not change it. this is caused by misconfigured kernels, on > > powerpc the kernel *MUST* be compiled with CONFIG_PPC_RTC and NOT > > CONFIG_RTC, the latter must be disabled, completely. > > And this is documented where? Why is CONFIG_RTC even offered if it's > buggy? Not only that, but I had both compiled as a module. If the > kernel is loading the wrong one, again I maintain it's a bug in the > kernel and not with me. CONFIG_RTC is not for PowerMacs, or even most powerpcs. its not buggy, its simply the wrong driver. compiling both as a module won't work since modutils happily loads the wrong (CONFIG_RTC) one every time. > Before you start flaming people, perhaps you ought to check to see > where people might find out this information while compiling the > kernel. before filing bugs to have packages broken intentionally perhaps you should check the f-ing list archives where this `problem' is mentioned hundreds of times. > I see no reason that you should automatically assume that users will > magically divine that a certain commonly-used kernel option will > interfere with hwclock. Suggesting that is ludicrous. and suggesting that we add bugs to util-linux to fix YOUR deficient and broken kernel configuration is even more ludicrous. you should have filed a bug against the kernel asking for more documentation. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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