--- rc.sysinit.orig	2010-02-24 06:51:59.289339280 +1300
+++ rc.sysinit	2010-02-24 17:57:53.688339040 +1300
@@ -47,10 +47,19 @@
 if [ -n "$HWCLOCK_PARAMS" ]; then
 	# enable rtc access
 	/sbin/modprobe rtc-cmos >/dev/null 2>&1
-	RTC_MAJOR=$(/bin/grep -w rtc /proc/devices 2>/dev/null)
-	RTC_MAJOR="${RTC_MAJOR%% *}"
-	if [ -n "$RTC_MAJOR" ]; then
-		/bin/mknod /dev/rtc0 c $RTC_MAJOR 0
+	/sbin/modprobe rtc >/dev/null 2>&1
+	/sbin/modprobe genrtc >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+	if [ -f /sys/class/rtc/dev ];then
+		RTC_MINOR=$(cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/dev | gawk -F: '{print $1}')
+		RTC_MAJOR=$(cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/dev | gawk -F: '{print $2}')
+	elif [ -f /sys/class/misc/rtc/dev ];then
+		RTC_MINOR=$(cat /sys/class/misc/rtc/dev | gawk -F: '{print $1}')
+		RTC_MAJOR=$(cat /sys/class/misc/rtc/dev | gawk -F: '{print $2}')
+	fi
+	
+	if [[ -n "$RTC_MAJOR" && -n "$RTC_MINOR" ]];then
+		/bin/mknod /dev/rtc0 c $RTC_MAJOR $RTC_MINOR
 		/bin/ln -s /dev/rtc0 /dev/rtc
 	fi