Well, I think the best answer for a distribution kernel without making a
any patches or rebuilding anything is to use the "register_rtc()" hook
in the rtc driver. I tried it and it works really well. This way my
device driver can drop into a Fedora system without the user having to
rebuild anything (other than my driver).
If I want to get fancy I could check to see if IRQ 8 is taken and use
it directly if it's not, i.e. the RTC driver isn't loaded. If IRQ 8 is
taken, check for the RTC driver and then use that via register_rtc().
In the unlikely event that IRQ 8 is taken and it's not by the RTC
driver, then I guess the user's out of luck.
Thanks for all the suggestions, they've all been good, but I'm trying
avoid steep requirements on usage of this driver.
Rick Niles.
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