linux-kernel - Re: NTP time sync

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Message-ID: <20061126235317.5d40d22c@inspiron>
Date:	Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:53:17 +0100
From:	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
To:	"Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
Cc:	"'David Brownell'" <david-b@...bell.net>,
	"'Benjamin Herrenschmidt'" <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	<akpm@...l.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>, <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	"'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ralf@...ux-mips.org>, "'Andi Kleen'" <ak@....de>,
	<paulus@...ba.org>, <rmk@....linux.org.uk>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<kkojima@...iij4u.or.jp>
Subject: Re: NTP time sync

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:37:10 +0100
"Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se> wrote:

> >  the concept of static numbers is quite old...
> 
> Yes it is old, but is the old way unsupported now? I have an embedded target
> which is using the old static /dev directory, do I need to make
> it udev aware to use newer features like the rtc subsystem?

 That can be a good option. You can also do
 a symlink to /dev/rtc0 in your boot scripts or simply
 upgrade your hwclock to a version that accepts
 the device as a parameter.

 The old /dev/rtc name is not supported on the new rtc subsystem.

 

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it

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