[LAU] /dev/hpet is missing

[Paul Davis]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Jonathan E. Brickman
<jeb at joshuacorps.org> wrote:

> Should CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC be set to n on a realtime kernel?  Is
> there something else which might invalidate CONFIG_HPET=y ?

the RTC device is unrelated to HPET. your kernel can have HPET support
but if your h/w doesn't, you don't get /dev/hpet. My motherboard, for
example, does not have an HPET device.