Re: RTC problem in PS3

From: Marvin
Date: Mon Nov 17 2008 - 15:03:09 EST


forward to a better place...

On Sunday 16 November 2008 23:44:50 Fabiano Manoel de Andrade wrote:
> Hi I've compiled the latest version of linux kernel (2.6.27.6) in my
> PS3 running debian and get a warning message listed here
>
> Setting the system clock.
> Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
> Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access
> method. * Unable to set System Clock to: Sun Nov 16 20:33:06 UTC 2008
>
>
> The problem can be reproduced with the commands
>
> # hwclock --debug
> hwclock from util-linux-ng 2.13.1.1
> hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=2: No such file or directory.
> No usable clock interface found.
> Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
> # ls -l /dev/rtc*
> ls: cannot access /dev/rtc*: No such file or directory
>
> Loading the rtc-ppc module solve the problem, but after restart
> the system I still have the problem. Looking at kernel config I change the
> rtc-ppc to be build into kernel and this solve totally the problem. So the
> ps3_defconfig must set the rtc-ppc to be build into kernel.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Fabiano.

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