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From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
To: Ed Swierk <eswierk@aristanetworks.com>
Cc: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: i2c rtc instead of cmos rtc
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:21:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090127122156.784924f4@i1501.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1233018263.14510.112.camel@localhost.localdomain>

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:04:23 -0800
Ed Swierk <eswierk@aristanetworks.com> wrote:

> Allows the user to ignore the cmos real-time clock normally found on x86
> boards, and to use an i2c rtc in its place.  This is intended to be used
> with with CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS=y to set the system clock from the rtc
> automatically during boot, and with CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC=y to have ntpd
> update the rtc (see separate patch).

 can't you just avoid compiling rtc cmos? or compile it as a module and
 load the i2c rtc first?

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it


  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-27 11:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-27  1:04 [PATCH] x86: i2c rtc instead of cmos rtc Ed Swierk
2009-01-27 11:21 ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]
2009-01-29 19:21   ` Ed Swierk
2009-01-29 19:41     ` [rtc-linux] " Alessandro Zummo
2009-01-29 20:05       ` Ed Swierk
2009-01-29 20:11         ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-01-29 21:12           ` Ed Swierk
2009-01-29 21:19             ` Alessandro Zummo

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