From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com (gateway-1237.mvista.com [63.81.120.158]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78CFE67C30 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 04:17:07 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:18:12 -0700 From: "Mark A. Greer" To: David Gibson Subject: Re: todc must die! Message-ID: <20061003181812.GA28128@mag.az.mvista.com> References: <20061003065744.GC29689@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20061003065744.GC29689@localhost.localdomain> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 04:57:44PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: > Paulus, please apply to your powerpc git tree. > > powerpc: Remove todc code from ARCH=powerpc > > Apparently we've copied the todc drivers, for various RTCs used in > embedded machines from ARCH=ppc to ARCH=powerpc, despite the fact that > it's never used in the latter. This patch removes it. Well, its used, its just that the patches that add users are backed up waiting for the outcome of flatdevtree changes. > If we ever need these drivers (which we probably shouldn't now the RTC > class stuff is in), we can transfer them one by one from ARCH=ppc, > removing from the hideous abomination which is the todc > "infrastructure". Yes, the new RTC infrastructure should be used instead. Copying over the todc stuff to powerpc was a stop-gap measure whose time has probably come. > Signed-off-by: David Gibson Acked-by: Mark A. Greer