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Re: char-major-10-135



On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 10:27:07AM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat wrote:
> Philipp Lehman posts:
> 
> > is that for "real time clock"? Do I need kernel support
> > for that?
> 
> Yes, it is.  You need to compile 'rtc support' either into
> the kernel or as a module.
> 
> 
> > Can I safely change the alias to "off"? 
> 
> Go ahead, you can switch it off.  Usually a normal 'joe' 
> user does not require 'rtc support'.  Do not forget to run
> 'update-modules' after your change it in your
> /etc/modutils/aliases, so that it re-generates a new 
> modules.conf file.

hwclock uses it to update the hardware clock, this is done at shutdown
to keep the clocks syncronized.  

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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