linux-kernel - Re: apm.c: get rid of unused variables

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Date:	Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:07:41 -0400
From:	"Parag Warudkar" <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
To:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	"John Stultz" <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: apm.c: get rid of unused variables

On 3/25/07, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 12:06:19PM -0400, Parag Warudkar wrote:
> You could also remove the APM_RTC_IS_GMT config option.
>

Yep, that isn't used anymore. Separate Kconfig patch below and also attached.

Parag

Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>

--- linux-2.6/arch/i386/Kconfig 2007-03-24 21:43:35.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-wk/arch/i386/Kconfig      2007-03-25 12:58:18.000000000 -0400
@@ -1029,19 +1029,6 @@
          backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
          especially if you are using gpm.

-config APM_RTC_IS_GMT
-       bool "RTC stores time in GMT"
-       depends on APM
-       help
-         Say Y here if your RTC (Real Time Clock a.k.a. hardware clock)
-         stores the time in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Say N if your RTC
-         stores localtime.
-
-         It is in fact recommended to store GMT in your RTC, because then you
-         don't have to worry about daylight savings time changes. The only
-         reason not to use GMT in your RTC is if you also run a broken OS
-         that doesn't understand GMT.
-
 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
        bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
        depends on APM

View attachment "i386-kconfig-remove-apm_rtc_is_gmt.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (846 bytes)