Arthur Radley wrote: > I, too, have been enabling CONFIG_RTC "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support > (legacy PC RTC driver)" and today enabled CONFIG_RTC_CLASS "Real Time > Clock" as suggested here (thanks, BTW). But I still have a question and a > comment... > > The question: Will there be any practical difference for me now considering > this comment in Help for CONFIG_RTC?... > > If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to > "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read > and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion. > > The comment: Maybe the kernel folks should edit the Help text for > CONFIG_SMP... > > People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say > Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power > Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here. > > ...since that option is no longer always possible when CONFIG_RTC_CLASS is > disabled.
I think the kernel maintainers just forgot to update the help text for CONFIG_SMP. There should not be any problems using CONFIG_SMP with CONFIG_RTC_CLASS. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
