Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754605AbZA0LWS (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:22:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751881AbZA0LWB (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:22:01 -0500 Received: from mx0.towertech.it ([213.215.222.73]:35959 "HELO mx0.towertech.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751777AbZA0LWB (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:22:01 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:21:56 +0100 From: Alessandro Zummo To: Ed Swierk 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 Message-ID: <20090127122156.784924f4@i1501.lan.towertech.it> In-Reply-To: <1233018263.14510.112.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1233018263.14510.112.camel@localhost.localdomain> Organization: Tower Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed X-This-Is-A-Real-Message: Yes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 862 Lines: 26 On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:04:23 -0800 Ed Swierk 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/