Re: [patch/rfc 0/6] rtc framework: remove class_device, use class suspend()/resume()

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 07:45:14PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Following this message (on the RTC list) are six patches:
> 
>  - Remove the /sys/class/rtc-dev class_device, and a class_interface
>  - Use "struct rtc_device" in the external interface, not class_device
>  - Simplify the sysfs attribute handling, removing a class_interface
>  - Simplify the /proc/driver/rtc handling, removing the last class_interface
>  - Remove the class_device in "struct rtc_device"; now suspend()/resume() work
>  - Implement class suspend()/resume() so the system clock is updated on resume
> 
> The main point of this series of patches is that last one, which I'll
> circulate just a bit more widely.  (Although I think the first four are
> also nice cleanups!)   It might be the first example of a framework that
> uses the "new" class level suspend()/resume() calls to offload drivers.
> 
> Other than actually using that new PM infrastructure, this series should
> be interesting since it addresses one of the few remaining obstacles to
> having the "Generic Time-Of-Day" (GTOD) framework be fully generic, in
> the sense of working with whatever RTC is available on the platform (which
> includes ones accessed through I2C or SPI, so that spinlocked access is
> insufficient) and removing arch-specific RTC hooks.
> 
> This has been lightly tested on one of the ARMs that doesn't yet have
> new-style dynamic tick working.  I'm sure fault paths need tweaking yet.

All of these looks good to me, feel free to add an:
	Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
to them if you want.

thanks for doing the class_device removal work, I appreciate it.

greg k-h