Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/rtc => rtc0

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>    I know nothing of this part of the Linux boot process. If it's
> *fairly* simple can someone point me at the right stuff to understand
> how Gentoo creates a link from /dev/rtc to rtc0? When in the boot
> process does this link become valid?
>
>    Is it something that's held in a file and recreated from that file
> on each boot? Is it created automagically by Gentoo Angels that look
> after my well being but seldom reveal themselves? Is it created by the
> kernel itself when something is specifically configured to do so?
> Something else?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> lightning src # uname -a
> Linux lightning 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 #6 Fri Jan 30 18:55:56 PST 2009
> x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
> lightning src # ls -al /dev/rtc*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      4 2009-01-30 10:58 /dev/rtc -> rtc0
> crw-r--r-- 1 root root 254, 0 2009-01-30 10:58 /dev/rtc0
> lightning src #
>
>
>   

From my understanding udev creates all the "stuff" in /dev.  You can
change the rules that it uses to make them tho.  I think there is
documentation on gentoo.org to help with that.  So far, mine has worked
well enough.  Lucky I guess.

That help?

Dale

:-)  :-)