Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:51:02 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rtc: add x86 support for rtc-efi |
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* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:55:49 -0400 > Brian Maly <bmaly@redhat.com> wrote: > > > re-post of the patch, both as inline and as an attachment (which > > hopefully wont cause confusion). > > > > Normally it does confuse me horridly because I get two copies of the > same patch, which applies happily with `patch --dry-run', but dies > horridly with `patch --for-real'. But I was warned... > > In future, please include a full copy of the (possibly modified) > changelog with each iteration of a patch. > > As this patch is mostly-x86 I tossed it onto my for-Ingo pile. > > > From: Brian Maly <bmaly@redhat.com> > > Add support for rtc-efi (RTC Class Driver for EFI-based systems) to x86. > > This patch has been tested and works perfectly on every x86 EFI system I > could find, though all have been EL64 systems. I would appreciate any > testing feedback from EL32 systems from anyone that has one and can test. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <bmaly@redhat.com> > Acked-by: dann frazier <dannf@hp.com> > Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> > Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> > --- > > arch/x86/kernel/time_32.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Hm, it would be nice to first unify the relevant bits of arch/x86/kernel/time_{32|64}.c into arch/x86/kernel/time.c, and then we can apply such patches without duplicative effects.
Ingo
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