Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver

Alessandro Zummo
2009-03-04T12:47:25Z

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 09:26:29 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> wrote:

> Thanks Paul, I wasn't aware of that thread!
>
> Yes, this is almost the same. The only part I don't agree with is the move of
> the creation of the platform device from arch-specific code to rtc-firmware.c,
> as this makes autoloading the driver more difficult.

and it's also against a proper implementation of the device/driver model.

> Seems like everybody but the RTC maintainer has an interest in having an RTC
> class driver on top of [gs]et_rtc_time()... ;-)

That's because everyone is lazy :)

Seriously, if you want to handle it in the way we wrote
in the previous emails, it's ok for me.

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Best regards,

Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy