David Ho wrote: > > > >Hi 8xx gurus, > >I just noticed the RTC is no longer documented/tested/supported on the >duet. How does this impact the current 2.4 8xx tree? > >I know the /dev/rtc still uses RTC on the processor, it appears to work >fine, but I wouldn't bet my life on it for production units. > I believe there's a problem with increased power consumption by the RTC so that's why Motorola removed it from the docs.
> >How about the kernel's timing service and scheduling, does it use the >timebase register instead? Are these services effected at all? > > Don't worry, they're not affected at all. >Thanks a lot, > >David Ho >Nanometrics Inc. > > > > > Regards Pantelis ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
