From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751576AbWGYUxn (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:53:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751577AbWGYUxn (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:53:43 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:61350 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751575AbWGYUxm (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:53:42 -0400 Message-ID: <44C6842C.8020501@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:50:52 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neil Horman CC: Dave Airlie , Segher Boessenkool , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, a.zummo@towertech.it, jg@freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add mmap method to rtc character driver References: <20060725174100.GA4608@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> <03BCDC7F-13D9-42FC-86FC-30C76FD3B3B8@kernel.crashing.org> <20060725182833.GE4608@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> <44C66C91.8090700@zytor.com> <20060725192138.GI4608@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> <20060725194733.GJ4608@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> <21d7e9970607251304n5681bf44gc751c21fd79be99d@mail.gmail.com> <44C67E1A.7050105@zytor.com> <20060725204736.GK4608@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> In-Reply-To: <20060725204736.GK4608@hmsreliant.homelinux.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Neil Horman wrote: > > Agreed. How about we take the /dev/rtc patch now (since its an added feature > that doesn't hurt anything if its not used, as far as tickless kernels go), and > I'll start working on doing gettimeofday in vdso for arches other than x86_64. > That will give the X guys what they wanted until such time until all the other > arches have a gettimeofday alternative that doesn't require kernel traps. > It hurts if it DOES get used. -hpa