Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:05:26 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: /dev/rtc on alpha |
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On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Bob McElrath wrote: > Ivan Kokshaysky [ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru] wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 01:33:57PM -0800, Bob McElrath wrote: > > > Why is the alpha kernel code grabbing the rtc interrupt? Is it possible > > > it share its use with a user program? Would reprogramming the interrupt > > > rate by a user program do violence to some internel kernel timing? > > > > On most Alphas RTC is the system timer (running at 1024 Hz). > > So changing the interrupt rate from user space wouldn't be a good idea. > > Then I propose CONFIG_RTC be set to "n" in the arch/alpha files, and the > /dev/rtc driver be disabled on alpha. There seems to be confusion on > this point in the config files. CONFIG_RTC is for the /dev/rtc driver.
As an alternative, you can try using genrtc instead.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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