From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 810051A0456 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:59:01 +1000 (AEST) In-Reply-To: <1435900280-12947-1-git-send-email-vaibhav@linux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Vaibhav Jain , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org From: Michael Ellerman Cc: Neelesh Gupta , Vaibhav Jain Subject: Re: [RESEND] powerpc/configs: enable RTC class support Message-Id: <20150703065901.696F21402AE@ozlabs.org> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:59:01 +1000 (AEST) List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, 2015-03-07 at 05:11:20 UTC, Vaibhav Jain wrote: > A working rtc kernel driver is needed so that hwclock can synchronize > system clock to rtc during shutdown/boot. We already have a powernv > platform rtc driver located at drivers/rtc/rtc-opal.c. However it depends > on CONFIG_RTC_CLASS which is disabled by default. Hence the driver isn't > enabled and not compiled for the powernv kernel. > > We fix this by enabling rtc class support in pseries defconfig which > enables this driver and compiles it into the pseries kernel. In case > CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV is not enabled we fallback to 'Generic RTC support' > driver which emulates the legacy 'PC RTC driver'. You still haven't told me what happens on a pseries machine when this is applied. cheers