The patch titled
rtc kconfig: point out need for static linkage
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
rtc-kconfig-point-out-need-for-static-linkage.patch
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Subject: rtc kconfig: point out need for static linkage
From: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Various people have expressed surprise that their modular RTC drivers don't
seem to work for initializing the system time at boot. To help avoid such
unpleasantness, make the Kconfig text point out that the driver probably
needs to be statically linked.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/rtc/Kconfig~rtc-kconfig-point-out-need-for-static-linkage drivers/rtc/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig~rtc-kconfig-point-out-need-for-static-linkage
+++ a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ config RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE
clock, usually rtc0. Initialization is done when the system
starts up, and when it resumes from a low power state.
+ The driver for this RTC device must be loaded before late_initcall
+ functions run, so it must usually be statically linked.
+
This clock should be battery-backed, so that it reads the correct
time when the system boots from a power-off state. Otherwise, your
system will need an external clock source (like an NTP server).
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
git-leds.patch
git-mmc.patch
git-mtd.patch
git-backlight.patch
acpi-add-acpi_pm_device_sleep_state-helper-routine.patch
drivers-pmc-msp71xx-gpio-char-driver.patch
rtc-do-not-return-void-value.patch
rtc-kconfig-point-out-need-for-static-linkage.patch
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