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Re: 2.4.21-ben2 issues: RTC, Thermal and RTAS



On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:43:24AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 03:18:46AM +1000, J. Javier Maestro wrote:
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > Strange, i am experiencing exactly the opposite behavior, but then i
> > > have a Pegasos, which is of CHRP lineage, and uses a via southbridge.
> >
> > And the VIA SouthBridge has a builtin PC-style RTC, right?
>
> Yep, it does. What about your longtrail, what does it use for RTC ?

| callisto$ grep rtc .config
| CONFIG_GEN_RTC=m
| CONFIG_RTC=y
| callisto$

It uses the PC-style RTC driver (genrtc.o is not loaded).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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