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SubjectRe: [PATCH 7/7] efi_rtc: probe function error out in case no efi runtime enabled
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On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 22:18 +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep, at 12:33:29PM, Mark Salter wrote:
> >
> > Is this still needed after commit da167ad7638759:
> >
> > rtc: ia64: allow other architectures to use EFI RTC
>
> Umm... we should really look at disabling this for x86, since the EFI
> time functions don't work on a bunch of machines I've got here.
>
> And it looks like someone enabled this driver and triggered an oops on
> their 32-bit EFI tablet,
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84241#c21

Previously, it depended on IA64. If it's not worth the trouble for
x86 then I'd say have it depend on !X86 also. Newer EFI-supporting
architectures are unlikely to have the same legacy issues as x86
so I don't think it'll end up being an ever growing list.





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