From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
To: Pavel Nikulin <pavel@noa-labs.com>
Cc: linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re-enabling EFI RTC on X86 for modern systems
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:24:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024091612245674417535@mail.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG-pW8EGsxV85J+QcP4yKnngutdPoMBGWNN8LnAM3nU+7DKPnA@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,
On 11/09/2024 03:58:49+0400, Pavel Nikulin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed that EFI RTC was disabled on X86 really long time ago due to
> Intel reference firmwares coming with broken EFI.
>
> I edited the Kconfig to enable it, and see how it works on my laptop
> (AMD HX370). I can confirm that it boots well. I have not done any
> more extensive tests than that.
>
> What do you think about re-enabling EFI RTC behind some expert config
> flag, and ask more people to test it on modern X86 hardware?
I don't mind do that, I believe the issue is that this is going to break
the users that have a broken EFI and rely on CMOS. Please copy the x86
maintainers on your patch.
Regards,
--
Alexandre Belloni, co-owner and COO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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2024-09-10 23:58 Re-enabling EFI RTC on X86 for modern systems Pavel Nikulin
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