* RE: board with no RTC
@ 2005-01-13 15:14 Goforth, Edward
2005-01-13 16:26 ` Matt Porter
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From: Goforth, Edward @ 2005-01-13 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-embedded
Thanks to everyone who responded. Now that a RTC is not a requirement,
can anyone offer advice on what I will need to do to get the kernel
(2.4.18) to play nice?
Thanks,
Ed
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> From: Ed.Goforth@gd-ais•com [mailto:Ed.Goforth@gd-ais•com]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:26 PM
> To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org
> Subject: board with no RTC
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> We have a 440gx based custom board. I have learned that it does not
> have a RTC. Has anyone had any success with a board without a=20
> RTC, or is
> it even possible? How much of a problem will this cause? =20
>=20
> Should we get the board respun with a RTC? We would prefer=20
> using a 2.4
> kernel, but would certainly go to a 2.6 kernel if that made things
> easier.
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> Thanks in advance for any advice.
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> Ed Goforth
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* Re: board with no RTC
2005-01-13 15:14 board with no RTC Goforth, Edward
@ 2005-01-13 16:26 ` Matt Porter
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Matt Porter @ 2005-01-13 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Goforth, Edward; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:14:20AM -0500, Goforth, Edward wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who responded. Now that a RTC is not a requirement,
> can anyone offer advice on what I will need to do to get the kernel
> (2.4.18) to play nice?
Are you using the linuxppc-2.4 tree? If you want up to date 2.4 4xx
support you should be using that tree as a starting point. Support
is better yet in 2.6 where most developers are spending their time.
-Matt
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* board with no RTC
@ 2005-01-12 23:25 Goforth, Edward
2005-01-12 23:42 ` Eugene Surovegin
2005-01-12 23:48 ` Matt Porter
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Goforth, Edward @ 2005-01-12 23:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linuxppc-embedded
We have a 440gx based custom board. I have learned that it does not
have a RTC. Has anyone had any success with a board without a RTC, or is
it even possible? How much of a problem will this cause? =20
Should we get the board respun with a RTC? We would prefer using a 2.4
kernel, but would certainly go to a 2.6 kernel if that made things
easier.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Ed Goforth
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* Re: board with no RTC
2005-01-12 23:25 Goforth, Edward
@ 2005-01-12 23:42 ` Eugene Surovegin
2005-01-12 23:48 ` Matt Porter
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Eugene Surovegin @ 2005-01-12 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Goforth, Edward; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 06:25:45PM -0500, Goforth, Edward wrote:
> We have a 440gx based custom board. I have learned that it does not
> have a RTC. Has anyone had any success with a board without a RTC, or is
> it even possible? How much of a problem will this cause?
>
There shouldn't be any problems without RTC except the fact that you
need to worry about getting correct time.
I have many 4xx-based boards without RTC. They "just work".
--
Eugene
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* Re: board with no RTC
2005-01-12 23:25 Goforth, Edward
2005-01-12 23:42 ` Eugene Surovegin
@ 2005-01-12 23:48 ` Matt Porter
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Matt Porter @ 2005-01-12 23:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Goforth, Edward; +Cc: linuxppc-embedded
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 06:25:45PM -0500, Goforth, Edward wrote:
> We have a 440gx based custom board. I have learned that it does not
> have a RTC. Has anyone had any success with a board without a RTC, or is
> it even possible? How much of a problem will this cause?
>
> Should we get the board respun with a RTC? We would prefer using a 2.4
> kernel, but would certainly go to a 2.6 kernel if that made things
> easier.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
No problems. Just set your time from another source. Many PPC boards
do this that don't need local time retention across power cycles.
I've got a 440gx board sitting here running happily this way.
-Matt
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