[2.6 patch] sparc: remove the useless APM_RTC_IS_GMT option

[2.6 patch] sparc: remove the useless APM_RTC_IS_GMT option

[Adrian Bunk]

I can't see any effect of this option outside the i386-specific APM 
code.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

--- linux-2.6.13-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/sbus/char/Kconfig.old	2005-07-02 20:24:49.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/sbus/char/Kconfig	2005-07-02 20:25:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -71,20 +71,6 @@
 
 # XXX Why don't we do "source drivers/char/Config.in" somewhere?
 # no shit
-config APM_RTC_IS_GMT
-	bool
-	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPARC32 && PCI
-	default y
-	help
-	  Say Y here if your RTC (Real Time Clock a.k.a. hardware clock)
-	  stores the time in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Say N if your RTC
-	  stores localtime.
-
-	  It is in fact recommended to store GMT in your RTC, because then you
-	  don't have to worry about daylight savings time changes. The only
-	  reason not to use GMT in your RTC is if you also run a broken OS
-	  that doesn't understand GMT.
-
 config RTC
 	tristate "PC-style Real Time Clock Support"
 	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && SPARC32

[2.6 patch] sparc: remove the useless APM_RTC_IS_GMT option

[Adrian Bunk]

I can't see any effect of this option outside the i386-specific APM 
code.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

---

This patch was already sent on:
- 2 Jul 2005

--- linux-2.6.13-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/sbus/char/Kconfig.old	2005-07-02 20:24:49.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/sbus/char/Kconfig	2005-07-02 20:25:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -71,20 +71,6 @@
 
 # XXX Why don't we do "source drivers/char/Config.in" somewhere?
 # no shit
-config APM_RTC_IS_GMT
-	bool
-	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPARC32 && PCI
-	default y
-	help
-	  Say Y here if your RTC (Real Time Clock a.k.a. hardware clock)
-	  stores the time in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Say N if your RTC
-	  stores localtime.
-
-	  It is in fact recommended to store GMT in your RTC, because then you
-	  don't have to worry about daylight savings time changes. The only
-	  reason not to use GMT in your RTC is if you also run a broken OS
-	  that doesn't understand GMT.
-
 config RTC
 	tristate "PC-style Real Time Clock Support"
 	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && SPARC32

Re: [2.6 patch] sparc: remove the useless APM_RTC_IS_GMT option

[Tom 'spot' Callaway]

On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 22:36 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> I can't see any effect of this option outside the i386-specific APM 
> code.

Doesn't the Javastation potentially use this?

~spot
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Re: [2.6 patch] sparc: remove the useless APM_RTC_IS_GMT option

[Adrian Bunk]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 03:43:31PM -0500, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 22:36 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > I can't see any effect of this option outside the i386-specific APM 
> > code.
> 
> Doesn't the Javastation potentially use this?

I don't know whether the Javastation supports APM, but the whole APM 
code in the kernel is currently only available on i386.

> ~spot

cu
Adrian

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