On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 06:39:20PM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
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> I have read through quite some threads on lkml and bug reports regarding
> the hangs/freezes of the kernel when hwclock is called.
> 
> I still see that behaviour on 2.6.27-rc4 with
> CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
> CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
> CONFIG_HPET=y
> CONFIG_HPET_MMAP=y
> CONFIG_RTC_LIB=y
> CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
> CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS=y
> CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE="rtc0"
> CONFIG_RTC_INTF_SYSFS=y
> CONFIG_RTC_INTF_PROC=y
> CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV=y
> CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS=y
> (all rtc and hpet related config vars).

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> What is the recommended way to fix that, or do you need some more
> information?

Remove CONFIG_RTC_* options for start. Unless you knowingly selected
them, of course.

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