Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:50:23 +0100 | From | Alessandro Zummo <> | Subject | Re: [rtc-linux] Re: 2.6.21-rc2 : Oops in rtc_cmos... |
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:32:28 -0800 David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > on then... My dmesg says, related to rtc : > > > > ... > > rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0 > > I think the RTC core shouldn't emit this message; I'll send > a patch. It's just confusing on error paths; and on success > paths it's less informative than a message from the driver > itself could be.
I would like a way to have a common "welcome" message among all the drivers. Please take this into account if you want to send a patch ;)
> > What does this all mean ? I thought an RTC Cmos was always there on a > > standard PC motherboard... (that's why I had activated the option in the > > first time). > > You enabled CONFIG_RTC (under char drivers, "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support") > so that driver has claimed the CMOS RTC instead of "rtc-cmos.c". Disable it. > Then you'll be able to use this driver with no little surprises.
maybe we should consider this in the Kconfig.
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Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
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