On 22 November 2014 at 21:20, JWP <elseifthen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > So, I noticed when *fdisk were rewritten that some antiquated > code was dropped. I would like some opinions on whether this > should be done when refactoring hwclock. > > For example, do we need a workaround for the 1994 Award BIOS > bug? I agree with Benno, it is time to say goodbye to that code. > Do we need Alpha code? Is there a Linux distro that > still officially supports Alpha machines? I'm not sure if there is any up to date distribution for Alpha. Kernel crew seems to still care alpha, so it is not completely dead. http://marc.info/?t=140518903000002&r=1&w=2 Maybe the question should be rephrased. How about dropping the Alpha cmos support? It looks like Alpha has rtc support. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/alpha/kernel/rtc.c > Any other ideas regarding this topic are welcome. Removal of i386 references should be safe. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-8-Says-Goodbye-to-i386-314293.shtml Since there is no other than Alpha & i386 references to cmos code, all of it is subject for removal. -- Sami Kerola http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
