ppc -> powerpc : where is 11 min rtc update gone ?

Paul Mackerras paulus at samba.org
Tue May 20 21:10:25 EST 2008


Philippe De Muyter writes:

> I have a ARCH=powerpc linux-2.6.25-rc6 linux running with an i2c rtc chip,
> and synchronized to a ntp server.
> 
> I noticed that my rtc chip does not get updated by the kernel, just like
> it would be on all other architectures (included ppc).

That is now supposed to be done by the code inside #ifdef
CONFIG_GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE in kernel/time/ntp.c.

Paul.



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