Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups
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- To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups
- From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:44:10 +0200
- Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx, geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, deller@xxxxxx, benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dalias@xxxxxxxx, dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx, yasutake.koichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rth@xxxxxxxxxxx, ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rtc-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On 26/04/2016 at 23:44:04 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote :
> I've had these patches in my tree for a while, after the first one
> had a few issues that are fixed in this new version. The old-style
> PC RTC driver is now also disabled on m68k (as pointed out by
> Geert), ppc (it was also blacklisted), and m32r (I showed that
> it did not build).
>
> 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.
>
Personally, I'd go for the kill and remove genrtc instead of cleaning it
up.
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