Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups
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- To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups
- From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 09:54:41 +0200
- Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>, "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, Koichi Yasutake <yasutake.koichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, alpha <linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Parisc List <linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux-sh list <linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, RTCLINUX <rtc-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux-Arch <linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Arnd,
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For the genrtc driver, rearranging the headers makes it simpler
> to use and reduces duplication. In case of alpha and mn10300,
> I've shown that the genrtc and rtc drivers are doing the same
> thing, so we don't need them both. The remaining three
> architectures (m68k, parisc, powerpc) actually all support
> the newer rtc-generic driver, so we could remove genrtc completely
> if we want to.
CONFIG_GEN_RTC is not enabled in any of the m68k defconfigs, so I think genrtc
has been unused for a while.
All defconfigs either use CONFIG_RTC_DRV_GENERIC, or enable a more specific
RTC driver.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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