From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexandre Belloni Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] genrtc removal Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 22:32:07 +0200 Message-ID: <20160530203207.GY3451@piout.net> References: <1464634684-1248135-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> Reply-To: rtc-linux-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Sender: rtc-linux-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1464634684-1248135-1-git-send-email-arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org> List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: geert-Td1EMuHUCqxL1ZNQvxDV9g@public.gmane.org, gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, deller-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org, benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, mpe-Gsx/Oe8HsFggBc27wqDAHg@public.gmane.org, dalias-8zAoT0mYgF4@public.gmane.org, dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-alpha-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, a.zummo-BfzFCNDTiLLj+vYz1yj4TQ@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-parisc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linuxppc-dev-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org, linux-sh-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-m68k-cunTk1MwBs8S/qaLPR03pWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, rtc-linux-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org, linux-arch-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org Hi, On 30/05/2016 at 20:57:48 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote : > This is the promised resend of the removal of the genrtc driver and some > related code, now that we are at a good time to merge this for the coming > merge window. > Thanks a lot! I'm applying the series right now so it sits in linux-next for a while before the next merge window. I would still happily take any acks, Reviewed-by or Tested-by tags. > - CONFIG_EFI_RTC is actively used on all six Itanium configurations, > though the CONFIG_RTC_DRV_EFI replacement driver is also available > there (and has been Itanium-only until ARM64 support for EFI was > merged). I suspect it's just a matter of getting an Ack from the > Itanium maintainers to remove it and change the defconfigs. > I have that one on my radar. There was an impressive number of separate drivers for EFI and CMOS... > - the last remaining legacy RTC driver after those is CONFIG_DS1302, > which has a slightly nonstandard ioctl interface and is only used > on arch/m32r. I have experimented with this a bit and think it > can be converted in a backward-compatible way as well. > That one has been converted to a standard SPI driver in v4.6. Following some discussion, driving it using gpios will be added. m32r will have to use one of those two interfaces. It is broken on that architecture for now but we never got any reply from maintainers. -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to "rtc-linux". Membership options at http://groups.google.com/group/rtc-linux . Please read http://groups.google.com/group/rtc-linux/web/checklist before submitting a driver. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "rtc-linux" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rtc-linux+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from down.free-electrons.com ([37.187.137.238]:49634 "EHLO mail.free-electrons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161996AbcE3UcM (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2016 16:32:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 22:32:07 +0200 From: Alexandre Belloni Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] genrtc removal Message-ID: <20160530203207.GY3451@piout.net> References: <1464634684-1248135-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1464634684-1248135-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: geert@linux-m68k.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, deller@gmx.de, benh@kernel.crashing.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, dalias@libc.org, dhowells@redhat.com, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, a.zummo@towertech.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20160530203207.AzchmqRN2TVQDwvrIaL1CXb0I7XFhXaZoeTgHaRZz4Q@z> Hi, On 30/05/2016 at 20:57:48 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote : > This is the promised resend of the removal of the genrtc driver and some > related code, now that we are at a good time to merge this for the coming > merge window. > Thanks a lot! I'm applying the series right now so it sits in linux-next for a while before the next merge window. I would still happily take any acks, Reviewed-by or Tested-by tags. > - CONFIG_EFI_RTC is actively used on all six Itanium configurations, > though the CONFIG_RTC_DRV_EFI replacement driver is also available > there (and has been Itanium-only until ARM64 support for EFI was > merged). I suspect it's just a matter of getting an Ack from the > Itanium maintainers to remove it and change the defconfigs. > I have that one on my radar. There was an impressive number of separate drivers for EFI and CMOS... > - the last remaining legacy RTC driver after those is CONFIG_DS1302, > which has a slightly nonstandard ioctl interface and is only used > on arch/m32r. I have experimented with this a bit and think it > can be converted in a backward-compatible way as well. > That one has been converted to a standard SPI driver in v4.6. Following some discussion, driving it using gpios will be added. m32r will have to use one of those two interfaces. It is broken on that architecture for now but we never got any reply from maintainers. -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com