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author | Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> | 2006-10-02 08:45:08 -0400 |
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committer | Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> | 2006-10-02 08:45:08 -0400 |
commit | 59458f40e25915a355d8b1d701425fe9f4f9ea23 (patch) | |
tree | f1c9a2934df686e36d75f759ab7313b6f0e0e5f9 /drivers/rtc/Kconfig | |
parent | 825f9075d74028d11d7f5932f04e1b5db3022b51 (diff) | |
parent | d834c16516d1ebec4766fc58c059bf01311e6045 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into gfs2
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/rtc/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 28 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig index 33a7b720539..fc766a7a611 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ config RTC_HCTOSYS help If you say yes here, the system time will be set using the value read from the specified RTC device. This is useful - in order to avoid unnecessary fschk runs. + in order to avoid unnecessary fsck runs. config RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE string "The RTC to read the time from" @@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ config RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE The RTC device that will be used as the source for the system time, usually rtc0. +config RTC_DEBUG + bool "RTC debug support" + depends on RTC_CLASS = y + help + Say yes here to enable debugging support in the RTC framework + and individual RTC drivers. + comment "RTC interfaces" depends on RTC_CLASS @@ -45,8 +52,8 @@ config RTC_INTF_SYSFS depends on RTC_CLASS && SYSFS default RTC_CLASS help - Say yes here if you want to use your RTC using the sysfs - interface, /sys/class/rtc/rtcX . + Say yes here if you want to use your RTCs using sysfs interfaces, + /sys/class/rtc/rtc0 through /sys/.../rtcN. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called rtc-sysfs. @@ -56,8 +63,9 @@ config RTC_INTF_PROC depends on RTC_CLASS && PROC_FS default RTC_CLASS help - Say yes here if you want to use your RTC using the proc - interface, /proc/driver/rtc . + Say yes here if you want to use your first RTC through the proc + interface, /proc/driver/rtc. Other RTCs will not be available + through that API. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called rtc-proc. @@ -67,8 +75,11 @@ config RTC_INTF_DEV depends on RTC_CLASS default RTC_CLASS help - Say yes here if you want to use your RTC using the dev - interface, /dev/rtc . + Say yes here if you want to use your RTCs using the /dev + interfaces, which "udev" sets up as /dev/rtc0 through + /dev/rtcN. You may want to set up a symbolic link so one + of these can be accessed as /dev/rtc, which is a name + expected by "hwclock" and some other programs. This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called rtc-dev. @@ -78,7 +89,8 @@ config RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL depends on RTC_INTF_DEV help Provides an emulation for RTC_UIE if the underlaying rtc chip - driver did not provide RTC_UIE ioctls. + driver does not expose RTC_UIE ioctls. Those requests generate + once-per-second update interrupts, used for synchronization. comment "RTC drivers" depends on RTC_CLASS |