I think this question should be asked of the powerpc kernel maintainers. The message itself is benign, but I would expect this device to exist since it is typically used to initialize system time-of-day.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1478492 Title: MFG:Firestone, Linux Error message: unable to open rtc device Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: == Comment: #0 - Application Cdeadmin <cdead...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-07-22 12:35:06 == == Comment: #1 - Application Cdeadmin <cdead...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-07-22 12:35:08 == ==== State: Open by: knodelk on 22 July 2015 11:26:27 ==== he following message is being posted to the linux message log on Firestone systems, and we need to know what action to take. - is this caused by a code bug that needs to be fixed? - does the message indicate a real hardware problem? or can the message be ignore? Until we here otherwise, manufacturing is ignoring this message dmesg --level=alert,crit,err /build/buildd/linux-lts-utopic-3.16.0/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0) system is running with the following code levels: ver 1.5.4.3 - OS, HTX, Firmware and Machine details OS: GNU/Linux OS Version: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS \n \l Kernel Version: 3.16.0-30-generic HTX Version: htxubuntu-343 == Comment: #2 - MAMATHA INAMDAR <mainam...@in.ibm.com> - 2015-07-23 02:10:00 == Neelesh, Can you please comment on this issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1478492/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
