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From: DervishD <raul@pleyades.net>
To: abraham@2d3d.co.za, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changing the current RTC device interface
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 22:18:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CF3E62B.mail6AX1MQ2Z5@viadomus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020528162435.A4917@crystal.2d3d.co.za>

    Hi Abraham :)

>>Any objections / suggestions / comments about things that's wrong/right
>>about the current RTC implementation?

    I think that, today at least, the nvram device is almost useless,
since only a few bytes are common to all BIOS vendors. The best
solution I can think about is just the same you propose: two devices,
one for the processor builtin RTC (the TSC counter?) and another for
the usual RTC on the motherboard.

    The only ugly thing I see is the NVRam driver, which I consider
useless these days.

    Raúl

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-05-28 20:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-28 14:24 Changing the current RTC device interface Abraham vd Merwe
2002-05-28 15:46 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-28 20:18 ` DervishD [this message]
2002-05-29  7:27   ` Abraham vd Merwe

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