Re: PATCH: /dev/nvram cleanups.

Philipp Rumpf (prumpf@suse.de)
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:03:17 +0200

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> > Why does it mean that? The kernel's timer interrupt routine never
> > reads the RTC anyway - in fact, apart from setting the system clock
> > during the boot-up procedure, nothing in the kernel's boot process
> > touches the RTC or CMOS at all.
>
> True for ix86.
> Other archs may be different.

timer_interrupt (which is the timer interrupt) calls do_timer_interrupt
calls set_rtc_mmss. Am I missing anything ?

Philipp Rumpf

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