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

Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-25T10:00:30Z

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 23:11 +0100, Alessandro Zummo wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:35:27 +0900
> > David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > > > So you want us to kill the ppc_md.[gs]et_rtc_time() [ppc], mach_hwclk() [m68k],
> > > > mach_gettod() [m68knommu] (and probably a few other) abstractions, and move all
> > > > RTC code out of arch/ into seperate drivers under drivers/rtc/ instead?
> > >
> > > That's the ideal... although did we get NTP sync working again yet?
> >
> > not yet. we're close but I've been very busy :(
>
> I know the feeling.
>
> Once that's working, we can convert individual PPC platforms over,
> removing the routines from the ppc_md and creating a generic RTC driver
> instead. PA Electra is already like that -- because it wasn't a
> regression there to have broken NTP sync. But the others need to wait.

I didn't know NTP was broken with RTC class drivers?

So we should actually keep on using genrtc instead of rtc-ppc/rtc-generic for
now? ;-)

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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