Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver

[Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:41:23AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> So would you accept a patch series that:
>   1. Adds the missing module aliases to rtc-parisc (which is a bugfix),
>   2. Moves the platform device creation out of rtc-ppc and into arch-specific
>      code (which is also a bugfix),
>   3. Consolidates rtc-parisc and rtc-ppc into rtc-generic (which is a cleanup),
>   4. Makes rtc-generic dependent on PARISC, PPC, and M68K (the existing
>      [sg]et_rtc_time() users):
>        a. without introducing ARCH_HAS_GENERIC_RTC,
>        b. with a big fat warning in the Kconfig comment not relaxing the
>           dependencies, as it's supposed to go away.
>   4. Converts the PS3 RTC support into a separate driver, called rtc-ps3
>      (as a bonus ;-)
> 
> ? If yes, I'll cook it up.
> 
> Other RTC platform support can be converted into separate drivers later.
> 
Did you miss the rtc-firmware thread?

http://groups.google.com/group/rtc-linux/browse_thread/thread/53e8d98966048f66/1d730cb4aa2f85f0?lnk=gst&q=rtc-firmware#1d730cb4aa2f85f0
http://groups.google.com/group/rtc-linux/browse_thread/thread/b3d10115c7e147f2/cb9c1530d9c3a433?lnk=gst&q=rtc-firmware#cb9c1530d9c3a433