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

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 12/28/2012 11:17 AM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 11:07 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> We do have such machines, which is why this change has been reverted twice already.  I believe we should stick to the priority scheme I proposed a few weeks ago.
>
> I seem to have missed that discussion, and couldn't find it after a
> brief search. Got a pointer?
>

Looks like it was a non-public distribution ... anyway, what I wrote was:

> 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.
>
> I'm unsure what the ordering of 1 & 2 should be.  The ACPI device has
> the advantage that it contains time zone information, which is important
> for Windows interoperability, and at least optionally supports
> millisecond resolution; there is no way to even export "this is where
> you find time zone information" (since we're dealing with an RTC with
> embedded CMOS, there is storage available, it is just a matter of
> telling the OS how to find it) for the PNP0B0x devices.
>
> The TAD is also guaranteed to map 1:1 to the EFI RTC.
>
> 	-hpa


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