From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38012) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aJJz7-0002fs-Ry for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:53:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aJJz6-0002TH-TA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:53:05 -0500 Received: from mail-vk0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::233]:35835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aJJz6-0002St-Ne for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:53:04 -0500 Received: by mail-vk0-x233.google.com with SMTP id k1so259832882vkb.2 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2016 03:53:04 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <56962B73.3080407@redhat.com> References: <1452612274-30218-1-git-send-email-shannon.zhao@linaro.org> <5696246B.8080304@redhat.com> <56962B73.3080407@redhat.com> From: Peter Maydell Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:52:44 +0000 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ARM: Virt: Don't generate RTC ACPI node when using UEFI List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Laszlo Ersek Cc: Ard Biesheuvel , "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" , QEMU Developers , qemu-arm , Shannon Zhao , Shannon Zhao On 13 January 2016 at 10:48, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > On 01/13/16 11:20, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> I am not buying it either, to be honest. In fact, I think it is >> another reason why we should mandate UEFI when using ACPI (which is >> already the case in practice). Then, we can simply omit the RTC ACPI >> node entirely. > > Good point. Yes, a patch that simply removed the RTC device from the ACPI table altogether would I think be better. That then continues with the current approach that the tables provided by QEMU are intended for use only with a UEFI bios in the picture. thanks -- PMM