Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v6 10/43] compat_ioctl: move rtc handling into rtc-dev.c

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On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 12:29 PM Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22/10/2019 14:14:21+0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 6:30 AM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I don't see any chance that this code is revived. If anyone wanted to
> > make it work, the right approach would be to use the rtc framework
> > and rewrite the code first.
> >
> > I could send a patch to remove the dead code though if that helps.
> >
>
> Please do.

Ok, done. Speaking of removing rtc drivers, should we just kill off
drivers/char/rtc.c and drivers/char/efirtc.c as well? I don't remember
why we left them in the tree, but I'm fairly sure they are not actually
needed.

      Arnd



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