Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1

From: Tilman Schmidt
Date: Sat Aug 25 2007 - 19:37:34 EST


Am 25.08.2007 09:55 schrieb Paul Rolland:

> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:28:09 -0400
> Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:30:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> > > -<6>rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
>> > > -<4>rtc_cmos: probe of 00:03 failed with error -16
>> >
>> > I wonder if that was supposed to happen. It's also happening in
>> > 2.6.23-rc3 base.
>>
>> EBUSY. I've seen this happen when you have both CONFIG_RTC and
>> CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS set.
>
> This one is becoming quite worth an entry in a FAQ, it pops up one every
> month ;)
> There was a discussion about preventing both being set at the same time
> when configuring, but I don't remember how it ends...

I must have missed that discussion. I have:
CONFIG_RTC=y
CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS=m
because both of these options claim in their help texts that you
should select them if you want to access the PC RTC.

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