Re: [PATCH v3 13/16] char/genrtc: remove powerpc support

Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-04-28T07:25:25Z

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:34 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
> @@ -321,6 +321,17 @@ config OF_RTC
> Uses information from the OF or flattened device tree to instantiate
> platform devices for direct mapped RTC chips like the DS1742 or DS1743.
>
> +config GEN_RTC
> + bool "Use the platform RTC operations from user space"
> + select RTC_CLASS
> + select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
> + help
> + This option provides backwards compatibility with the old gen_rtc.ko
> + module that was traditionally used for old PowerPC machines.
> + Platforms should migrate to enabling the RTC_DRV_GENERIC by hand
> + replacing changing their get_rtc_time/set_rtc_time callbacks with

Drop "changing".

> + a proper RTC device driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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