2.4.21-ben2 issues: RTC, Thermal and RTAS
Hi everyone,
I just recompiled the 2.4.21-ben2 kernel several times, trying to get it
running. I finally fixed the FB problem I was having at compilation, and
when booting, the kernel froze in the middle of the boot, when trying to
set the System time. I can track this to the RTC support, since the
kernel booted nicely when I unset CONFIG_RTC.
I just wanted to know if setting this:
# CONFIG_GEN_RTC is not set
CONFIG_PPC_RTC=y
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
is sufficient to get the RTC running properly... mplayer is buggin me
about RTC, and I have synchronization problems when watchign movies
because of this (I suspect):
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Invalid argument
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Using usleep() timing
I also activated CONFIG_PPC_RTAS, but I don't seem to have an RTAS
thingie under /proc/device-tree/rtas :-( Does anyone with a Powerbook
G4 run RTAS? From what i read in the kernel help, it looks like a very
cool thing to have :-)
My last issue with the kernel is the Thermal Unit Assistant. I
set the kernel options CONFIG_TAU and CONFIG_TAU_AVERAGE, but at boot
time, I can read the message "Thermal Assist Unit not available". I was
wondering if any of you running a PBook G4 has, again, managed to set
this up.
Thank you very much!
--
J. Javier Maestro
<jjmaestro@computer.org>
http://rigel.homelinux.com
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