Hello,

On 9/30/19 10:37 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Another case where this argument falls down is the Cubox-iPro which has two 
> hardware clocks.  The first, labeled /dev/rtc0 by the Debian kernel, is 
> accurate as long as the power is up, but it has no battery backup, so when 
> the power fails they clock fails as well.  The second, labeled /dev/rtc1 by 
> Debian, has an optional battery backup, so it can (but may not depending on 
> whether the battery is installed) ride thru a power failure.  It’s a user 
> option whether to install the battery, so again, not something the kernel can 
> know at compile time.

So given that rtc0 is never better than rtc1 it might be beneficial to
remove the rtc0 device there.

Best regards
Uwe

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