NTP time sync

Joakim Tjernlund joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se
Mon Nov 27 08:37:10 EST 2006


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Zummo [mailto:alessandro.zummo at towertech.it] 
> Sent: den 26 november 2006 20:22
> To: Joakim Tjernlund
> 
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:04:54 +0100
> "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se> wrote:
> 
> > Looking at rtc-dev.c I don't see a MARJOR number assigned 
> to /dev/rtcN. Seems like
> > it is dynamically allocated to whatever major number that is free.
> > Is that the way it is supposed to be? How do I create a 
> static /dev/rtcN in my /dev
> > directory if the major number isn't fixed?
> > Maybe I am just missing something, feel free to correct me :)
> 
>  udev ;)
> 
>  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?

 Jocke




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