Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:03:17 +0200 | From | Philipp Rumpf <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: /dev/nvram cleanups. |
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> > Why does it mean that? The kernel's timer interrupt routine never > > reads the RTC anyway - in fact, apart from setting the system clock > > during the boot-up procedure, nothing in the kernel's boot process > > touches the RTC or CMOS at all. > > True for ix86. > Other archs may be different.
timer_interrupt (which is the timer interrupt) calls do_timer_interrupt calls set_rtc_mmss. Am I missing anything ?
Philipp Rumpf
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