From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephane Eranian Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 06:51:04 +0000 Subject: Re: Real time clock on ia64 platforms Message-Id: <20040602065104.GE10027@frankl.hpl.hp.com> List-Id: References: <40BC3558.7040606@hob.de> In-Reply-To: <40BC3558.7040606@hob.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Christian, On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:41:53AM +0200, Christian Hildner wrote: > Stephane Eranian schrieb: > > >Christian, > > > >On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 07:56:49AM +0200, Christian Hildner wrote: > > > > > >>Matthew Wilcox schrieb: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 09:50:48AM +0200, Christian Hildner wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>someone may know what kind of RTC device the ia64 platforms (HP ZX 6000 > >>>>+ i2000) use. I want to access it directly, without using EFI calls. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>It's probably different on each of them. Why do you want to access it > >>>without going through firmware? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>It's just because I need rtc information in an environment where no EFI > >>calls are possible. I am aware of the non-portability of doing so. But > >>there is no other way. > >> > >> > >> > >What do you mean by "rtc information"? Are you after a very fine > >granularity > >timer? > > > I just need access to a rtc device on the HP ZX 6000 comparable to that > Dallas devices on PC boards. > I am sorry but I don't know that device. What functionality of that device is of interest to you? -- -Stephane