[Bug 10043] New: hwclock -r fails on Dell Precision 670 due to rtc driver, use genrtc instead?

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           Summary: hwclock -r fails on Dell Precision 670 due to rtc
                    driver, use genrtc instead?
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
               URL: http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2004-
                    November/041042.html
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: linux
        AssignedTo: fabbione at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: andy at groveronline.com
         QAContact: kernel-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


This seems to be a common problem with Dell server/workstation machines. Doing a
hwclock -r fails with:

select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out

rmmoding rtc and insmoding genrtc fixes it (as does hwclock -r --directisa)

See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144894

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