[BusyBox 0001179]: [PATCH] hwclock must understand /dev/rtc0, /dev/rtc1, etc

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1179 
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Reported By:                db
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1179
Category:                   New Features
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             01-26-2007 12:00 PST
Last Modified:              03-07-2007 15:03 PST
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Summary:                    [PATCH] hwclock must understand /dev/rtc0,
/dev/rtc1, etc
Description: 
For the past year or more, Linux has had an RTC framework supporting
multiple RTCs, conventionally named /dev/rtcN (N starting at zero).

This is widely used on embedded Linuxes, since there are so many
different implementations of RTCs, and systems may need more than
one (e.g. the full featured integrated one may not be battery backed).
The /dev/rtc name is conventionally used only for the RTC on an x86_pc.

The busybox "hwclock" doesn't understand those names, and has no
way to access more than one RTC at a time, even if someone sets up
a symlink from e.g. rtc pointing at rtc0.
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 bernhardf - 01-27-07 05:19  
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wrong project. That's not a buildroot issue but a busybox one. 

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 bernhardf - 01-27-07 05:22  
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I cannot change the project this was reported against, so it is unlikely
that Denis will ever see it, fwiw.

Not closing for now. 

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 vda - 01-27-07 05:42  
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I saw it (bugs are auto-posted to ml) 

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 db - 01-27-07 08:31  
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I have no idea why I couldn't set the project correctly when submitting
this bug ... there was no such option presented, and it was
**AUTOMAGICALLY** assigned to the wrong project (sigh). 

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 vda - 03-07-07 15:03  
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bb_perror_msg_and_die("cannot access RTC");
        return rtc;

huh? ;)

Apart from xopen_rtc being x2 bigger than it can be, patch is ok.
Applied in rev 18028, thanks. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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01-26-07 12:00  db             New Issue                                    
01-26-07 12:00  db             Status                   new => assigned     
01-26-07 12:00  db             Assigned To               => uClibc          
01-26-07 12:00  db             File Added: hwclock.patch                    
01-27-07 01:53  jocke          Assigned To              uClibc => BusyBox   
01-27-07 05:19  bernhardf      Note Added: 0002058                          
01-27-07 05:22  bernhardf      Note Added: 0002059                          
01-27-07 05:42  vda            Note Added: 0002060                          
01-27-07 08:31  db             Note Added: 0002061                          
03-06-07 20:08  vapier         Project                  buildroot => BusyBox
03-07-07 15:03  vda            Status                   assigned => closed  
03-07-07 15:03  vda            Note Added: 0002218                          
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