Re: [PATCH 1/3] rtc-efi: register rtc-efi device when EFI enabled

[joeyli <jlee-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>]

Hi hpa,  

於 五，2012-12-28 於 15:44 -0800，H. Peter Anvin 提到：
> On 12/28/2012 12:49 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 12:40 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > 
> >>> I suspect that what we *should* do looks like:
> >>>
> >>> 1. If ACPI exports a Time and Alarm Device (ACPI000E) the use it;
> >>> 2. If ACPI exports an PC/AT device (PNP0B00/1/2) then use it(*);
> >>> 3. If we have an EFI RTC use it;
> >>> 4. Probe for a PC/AT RTC device.
> > 
> > In terms of ordering, 3 should probably come before 2 - but that depends
> > on us actually fixing the issues that are preventing some of these calls
> > from working. As far as wallclock time goes, EFI is going to be
> > available to us before we've parsed the DSDT to determine whether
> > there's any ACPI devices, so we'll almost certainly end up having to use
> > it at at least some point during boot. Otherwise, agreed.
> > 
> 
> [Resending due to misconfigured tablet]
> 
> 3 before 2 is exactly what is known to break on existing hardware (ASUS).

I didn't find the EFI RTC problem on Asus from google. 
Could you please share what's the situation on ASUS hardware?


Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee

> 
> If anything, we should move to using the EFI RTC as a very last resort,
> i.e. 3 after 4.  Ideally we should match Win8 behavior, but that would
> require someone mocking up different ACPI and EFI functions in a
> simulator and see how Win8 prioritizes things.
> 
> 	-hpa
> 
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