linux-kernel - Re: [Bug 14658] Regression in efi.c

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:43 +0800
From:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	indexer <indexer@...ernode.on.net>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug 14658] Regression in efi.c

Hi, William,

On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 08:35 +0800, indexer wrote: 
> To whom it may concern
> 
> I have redone the bisect and i believe the versions i originally stated 
> were wrong. I apologise for this mistake
> 
> commit 7bd867dfb4e0357e06a3211ab2bd0e714110def3
> Author: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
> Date:   Thu Sep 10 10:48:56 2009 +0800
> 
>     x86: Move get/set_wallclock to x86_platform_ops
>    
>     get/set_wallclock() have already a set of platform dependent
>     implementations (default, EFI, paravirt). MRST will add another
>     variant.
>    
>     Moving them to platform ops simplifies the existing code and minimizes
>     the effort to integrate new variants.

Now Legacy RTC code instead of EFI get/set_wallclock is used on x86_64.
Your test shows that before this patch, kernel can boot on your system,
but can not boot after that?

Best Regards,
Huang Ying


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