do not create /dev/rtc symlink, let systemd search for it if needed

The export of the RTCs hctosys flag is uneccesary, the kernel takes care
of the persistemt clock management itself, without any need for:
  CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS=y
  CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE="rtc0"

"Chaotic hardware platforms" without native kernel persistent clock
support will find the proper RTC with the logic rtc_open() without
the need for a custom symlink.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/rules/50-udev-default.rules b/rules/50-udev-default.rules
index 179065211a..234dc3b915 100644
--- a/rules/50-udev-default.rules
+++ b/rules/50-udev-default.rules
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on update
 
-SUBSYSTEM=="rtc", ATTR{hctosys}=="1", SYMLINK+="rtc"
 SUBSYSTEM=="virtio-ports", KERNEL=="vport*", ATTR{name}=="?*", SYMLINK+="virtio-ports/$attr{name}"
 
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", IMPORT{builtin}="usb_id", IMPORT{builtin}="hwdb --subsystem=usb"
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@ SUBSYSTEM=="tty", KERNEL=="tty[0-9]*", GROUP="tty", MODE="0620"
 SUBSYSTEM=="vc", KERNEL=="vcs*|vcsa*", GROUP="tty"
 KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|pppox[0-9]*|ircomm[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*|rfcomm[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout"
 
-SUBSYSTEM=="rtc", ATTR{hctosys}=="1", MODE="0644"
-
 SUBSYSTEM=="mem", KERNEL=="mem|kmem|port", GROUP="kmem", MODE="0640"
 
 SUBSYSTEM=="input", KERNEL=="mouse*|mice|event*", MODE="0640"
diff --git a/src/shared/hwclock.c b/src/shared/hwclock.c
index a3b33ed4cc..837f51f947 100644
--- a/src/shared/hwclock.c
+++ b/src/shared/hwclock.c
@@ -47,15 +47,14 @@ static int rtc_open(int flags) {
         int fd;
         DIR *d;
 
-        /* First, we try to make use of the /dev/rtc symlink. If that
-         * doesn't exist, we open the first RTC which has hctosys=1
-         * set. If we don't find any we just take the first RTC that
-         * exists at all. */
-
-        fd = open("/dev/rtc", flags);
-        if (fd >= 0)
-                return fd;
-
+        /*
+         * Some "chaotic platforms" have multiple RTCs and we need to
+         * find the "system RTC", which is in some setups /dev/rtc1.
+         *
+         * First, we try to find the RTC which has hctosys=1 set. If we
+         * don't find any we just take the first RTC that exists at all,
+         * then try to open /dev/rtc0.
+         */
         d = opendir("/sys/class/rtc");
         if (!d)
                 goto fallback;