From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Tolunay Orkun <listmember@orkun.us>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Question on RTC options (CONFIG_RTC, CONFIG_GEN_RTC, CONFIG_PPC_RTC)
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:09:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040406230911.GK31152@smtp.west.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24063.216.110.51.8.1081292617.squirrel@www.orkun.us>
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 06:03:37PM -0500, Tolunay Orkun wrote:
> >> Do you happen know what it would take to use the DS1307 driver from LM
> >> Sensors package? Has anyone used LMSensors with PPC Linux?
> >
> > LM Sensors implies i2c, which means you'd have to use that, or add a few
> > more hooks to genrtc (a probe is required for i2c, but not others, maybe
> > others) to get it working w/ that driver. But you'd still be using the
> > main i2c subsystem, which I think you've said is too heavy.
>
> No, I already use i2c on this board so i2c driver is included in kernel
> configuration. We bring the i2c bus to a header for communication with
> some external devices already.
Ah, OK.
> My concern about bloat from rest of LM Sensors. I am not sure if I can
> take ds1307 driver from sensors package and include in my build and if so
> how/how much additional code to provide /dev/rtc support working.
It should not be too hard, nor too bloaty.
--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-06 19:00 Question on RTC options (CONFIG_RTC, CONFIG_GEN_RTC, CONFIG_PPC_RTC) Tolunay Orkun
2004-04-06 20:00 ` Tom Rini
2004-04-06 20:59 ` Tolunay Orkun
2004-04-06 21:14 ` Tom Rini
2004-04-06 21:23 ` Tolunay Orkun
2004-04-06 21:32 ` Tom Rini
2004-04-06 21:51 ` Tolunay Orkun
2004-04-06 22:02 ` Tom Rini
2004-04-06 23:03 ` Tolunay Orkun
2004-04-06 23:09 ` Tom Rini [this message]
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