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From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: One Thousand Gnomes
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Subject: Re: Why efi_set_rtc_mmss() is never used?
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:32:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140614173258.GF3463@olila.local.net-space.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140609134635.26abc019-mUKnrFFms3BCCTY1wZZT65JpZx93mCW/@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 01:46:35PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 13:08:00 +0200
> Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > As I can see efi_set_rtc_mmss() is never used to set RTC.
> > Even on EFI platform mach_set_rtc_mmss() is called and does
> > that thing. Why it is done in that way? It is a bug or it was
> > done intentionally. Am I missing something?
>
> EFI services generally don't work properly. The less they are used the
> better. We can realistically only make an EFI call with the same
> parameters windows does under the same kind of circumstances because the
> firmware on many motherboards is complete sh*te.

Thanks. Sadly it makes sens.

Daniel

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-06-14 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-09 11:08 Why efi_set_rtc_mmss() is never used? Daniel Kiper
     [not found] ` <20140609110800.GJ15989-fJNZiO034lp9pOct4yEdx/3oZC3j2Omk@public.gmane.org>
2014-06-09 12:46   ` One Thousand Gnomes
     [not found]     ` <20140609134635.26abc019-mUKnrFFms3BCCTY1wZZT65JpZx93mCW/@public.gmane.org>
2014-06-14 17:32       ` Daniel Kiper [this message]

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