Re: Would auto setting CONFIG_RTC make sense when building SMPkernel?
From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Wed Oct 27 2004 - 14:32:31 EST
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Maw, 2004-10-26 at 20:13, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > Isn't it always desirable to be able to set the clock in an SMP compatible
> > fashion if the kernel is indeed build for SMP?
>
> Probably it is best to just move it to CONFIG_EMBEDDED. Without the
> driver the clock binary bitbangs the cmos and that isnt safe non SMP
> either nowdays
>
Ok, I'll throw together a patch that makes it default to yes and moves it
to embedded.
--
Jesper Juhl
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