Re: [rtc-linux] state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

2008-02-21 Thread J.A. Magallón
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:03:25 +0100, Alessandro Zummo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:11:23 -0600 > Kumar Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is the functionality provided by drivers/char/gen_rtc.c completely > > handled by the rtc subsystem in drivers/rtc? > > > > I

Re: state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

2008-02-21 Thread Richard Zidlicky
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:11:23AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote: > Is the functionality provided by drivers/char/gen_rtc.c completely handled > by the rtc subsystem in drivers/rtc? they were not designed work parallel at the same. Not sure if there is ever a valid reason to have both comiled into on

Re: [rtc-linux] Re: state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

2008-02-20 Thread Alessandro Zummo
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:37:28 -0500 woodys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On ARM genrtc has been arbitrary disabled in Kconfig circa 2.6.19 and > the change to rtc_cmos it is not 100% transparent (ARM Netwinder, Debian). > If I want to use a current (Etch) hwclock binary - I need genrtc with > /dev

Re: [rtc-linux] state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

2008-02-20 Thread woodys
Alessandro Zummo wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:11:23 -0600 Kumar Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is the functionality provided by drivers/char/gen_rtc.c completely handled by the rtc subsystem in drivers/rtc? I ask for two reasons: 1. should we make it mutually exclusive in Kconfig 2. I'v

Re: [rtc-linux] state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

2008-02-20 Thread Alessandro Zummo
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:11:23 -0600 Kumar Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is the functionality provided by drivers/char/gen_rtc.c completely > handled by the rtc subsystem in drivers/rtc? > > I ask for two reasons: > 1. should we make it mutually exclusive in Kconfig > 2. I've enabled both

state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

2008-02-20 Thread Kumar Gala
Is the functionality provided by drivers/char/gen_rtc.c completely handled by the rtc subsystem in drivers/rtc? I ask for two reasons: 1. should we make it mutually exclusive in Kconfig 2. I've enabled both and get (we'll my defconfig did): proc_dir_entry 'rtc' already registered Call Trace: [