From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alexander E. Patrakov" Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:56:51 +0000 Subject: Re: Device node '/dev/rtc' already exists, link to '/dev/rtc0' ,wil Message-Id: <46EFAEF3.8010007@ums.usu.ru> List-Id: References: <46EFA3B1.90903@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <46EFA3B1.90903@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Harald Hoyer wrote: > Looks like 50-udev-default.rules: > > KERNEL="rtc0", SYMLINK+="rtc" > > has to be modified... > > $ udevinfo -a -n /dev/rtc > looking at device '/class/misc/rtc': > KERNEL="rtc" > SUBSYSTEM="misc" > DRIVER="" > ATTR{dev}="10:135" > > $ udevinfo -a -n /dev/rtc0 > > looking at device '/class/rtc/rtc0': > KERNEL="rtc0" > SUBSYSTEM="rtc" > DRIVER="" > ATTR{wakealarm}="" > ATTR{since_epoch}="1190109813" > ATTR{time}="10:03:33" > ATTR{date}="2007-09-18" > ATTR{name}="rtc_cmos" > ATTR{dev}="254:0" > > looking at parent device '/devices/pnp0/00:05': > KERNELS="00:05" > SUBSYSTEMS="pnp" > DRIVERS="rtc_cmos" > ATTRS{id}="PNP0b00" > ATTRS{options}="" It looks like your kernel configuration is not valid. You have compiled both the old-style "rtc" (or "genrtc"?) driver and the new "rtc_cmos" driver. Please remove one of them, and the problem will go away. (please correct me if I am wrong - I have never played with the new RTC drivers). -- Alexander E. Patrakov ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel