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* Re: [gentoo-user] Makeing /dev/rtc1 accessible as soon as possible - how?
  @ 2013-08-25  9:02 99% ` Paul Colquhoun
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From: Paul Colquhoun @ 2013-08-25  9:02 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 06:04:13 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There are two RTCs in my system:
> /dev/rtc0 and /dev/rtc1
> 
> rtc0 is not powered by a battery and forgets time/date
> with system shutdown and rtc1 is a I2C-rtc (DS3231) which
> is powered by a battery. It is extremly accurate in comparison
> with rtc0.
> 
> rtc0 is accessible with system boot - rtc1 is not (current state).


I know this might be obvious, but just in case:

Have you checked to see if the dud RTC can be disabled in the BIOS?

Or completely remove its drivers from the kernel?


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