Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups

Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-04-27T07:54:41Z

Hi Arnd,

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> For the genrtc driver, rearranging the headers makes it simpler
> to use and reduces duplication. In case of alpha and mn10300,
> I've shown that the genrtc and rtc drivers are doing the same
> thing, so we don't need them both. The remaining three
> architectures (m68k, parisc, powerpc) actually all support
> the newer rtc-generic driver, so we could remove genrtc completely
> if we want to.

CONFIG_GEN_RTC is not enabled in any of the m68k defconfigs, so I think genrtc
has been unused for a while.
All defconfigs either use CONFIG_RTC_DRV_GENERIC, or enable a more specific
RTC driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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