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From: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: Util-Linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Discussion on BIOS/CMOS/UEFI clock in local time
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:01:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130222130152.11a07e49@linux.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130222103103.GA5239@x2.net.home>

On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:31:03 +0100
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> wrote:

>  That's cool news. Thanks.
> 
>  It seems that kernel CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS code should be improved to use
>  the information from UEFI rather than blindly assume that HW clock is 
>  always in UTC. I don't see a reason to try to fix this in userspace as
>  we use (or we want:-) CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS almost everywhere.

 It seems reasonable to me ;)

p.s.
 
 Even if I'd just force everyone to use UTC... :)

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it


      reply	other threads:[~2013-02-22 12:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-14 12:30 Discussion on BIOS/CMOS/UEFI clock in local time Dr. Werner Fink
2013-02-22 10:31 ` Karel Zak
2013-02-22 12:01   ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]

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