On 23/10/2019 16:28:40+0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > 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. > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK8P3a0QZNY+K+V1HG056xCerz=_L2jh5UfZ+2LWkDqkw5Zznw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ That's how we left it ;) -- Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com
