From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:13:13 +0200 > There are few things which can improve your situation: > > 1. Rebuild the kernel with CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS option set. > It is named "Set system time from RTC on startup and resume" > This make system use the rtc0 (you can set it up in configuration > as well) to get initial time and date. > > 2. Add "ln -s /dev/rtc0 /dev/rtc" to your booting scripts before > the hwclock (or ntp) is used for the first time. > > 3. Define udev rule (if you use udev) to create /dev/rtc link to > the /dev/rtc0. These all work, but I really think there should be at least a kernel config controlled way for an automatic alias to show up. Even something as simple as just creating a /sys/class/misc/rtc/dev file that outputs the major and minor device numbers of /dev/rtc0, udev would just "do the right thing" and create that alias /dev/rtc node for the user. This whole /dev/rtc0 business is just unnecessary pain, it makes transition of a platform to the RTC subsystem harder rather than easier. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
