From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
To: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Cc: eswierk@aristanetworks.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH] x86: i2c rtc instead of cmos rtc
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:11:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090129211159.78714c5c@i1501.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ae48b020901291205ie0db5abj1a8c06528b9b46e8@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:05:26 -0800
Ed Swierk <eswierk@aristanetworks.com> wrote:
> Would you prefer a single option to select the rtc (something like
> rtc.device={cmos|i2c,ds1339,1,0x68})? Or do you object to any option
> at all?
I object to options of this kind. It took us a lot of efforts to move
to the new i2c model and to the concept that devices have to be declared
in the board support code. This kind of hack is in the opposite direction.
--
Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-29 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-27 1:04 [PATCH] x86: i2c rtc instead of cmos rtc Ed Swierk
2009-01-27 11:21 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-01-29 19:21 ` Ed Swierk
2009-01-29 19:41 ` [rtc-linux] " Alessandro Zummo
2009-01-29 20:05 ` Ed Swierk
2009-01-29 20:11 ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]
2009-01-29 21:12 ` Ed Swierk
2009-01-29 21:19 ` Alessandro Zummo
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