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Grant wrote:
> One of my systems needed Real Time Clock -> PC-style 'CMOS' enabled in
> the kernel to prevent a Hardware Clock error at startup and to make
> the 'hwclock' command work.  Another of my systems doesn't have Real
> Time Clock kernel support enabled at all, and yet 'hwclock' works
> fine.  Does anyone know how that works?

It might have something to do with the "High Resolution Timer Support" 
option (in "Processor type and features".)  Not sure though.