linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, resend] x86: enable rtc-efi

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 13:38:12 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, dannf@...nf.org,
	matt.fleming@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, resend] x86: enable rtc-efi

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 01:08:22PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Besides a Kconfig change this just requires creating a corresponding
> platform device.

I don't think this is a good idea yet - we completely fail to perform 
timezone handling with the EFI clock, which violates platform 
expectations. We should fix that up first.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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