From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Hildner Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 06:41:53 +0000 Subject: Re: Real time clock on ia64 platforms Message-Id: <40BD76B1.5010709@hob.de> 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 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. Christian