linux-kernel - Re: several messages

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Message-Id: <200702221715.03195.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:15:01 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
Cc:	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, Torrance <torrance123@...il.com>
Subject: Re: several messages

On Thursday 22 February 2007 2:58 pm, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> 
> I think, we only want 1, right? And the latter seems to be more generic / 
> platform independent? And as a side-effect, powermac would have to migrate 
> to generic rtc:-)

I'd certainly think that restoring the system clock should be, as much
as possible, in platform-agnostic code.  Like the generic RTC framework.

And hmm, that powermac/time.c file replicates other RTC code...

Minor obstacle:  removing the EXPERIMENTAL label from that code.

- Dave
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