[parisc-linux] RTC and FB on 735/125

[Yves Bodack]

Hi,
i got this problem solved by myself. I read out DATE in BOOT ADMIN Console
and it gave me an error (with a dump a of many zeros). Then I set a new date
in PDC and now it works just fine. So somehow the RTC was zeroed out.

Greetings Yves...

From: "Michael S. Zick" <mszick@goquest.com>
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] RTC and FB on 735/125


> On Sunday 22 September 2002 01:30 pm, Yves Bodack wrote:
> > 1st problem I have is the Real Time Clock. On boot I get the following
> > messages:
> >
> > System Time was Thu Jan 1 00:00:10 UTC 1970
> > Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as reference...
> > RTC_RD_TIME: Bad address
> > ioctl() to /dev/rtc read the time failed.
> > System Clock set. System local time is now Thu Jan 1 00:00:13 UTC 1970.
> >
> Perhaps it is really a good address and a bad clock battery.
> Mike