linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [1/5] Only do century BCD conversion when we know the RTC is BCD

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Message-Id: <200802110956.16004.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:56:15 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/5] Only do century BCD conversion when we know the RTC is BCD


> Nothing ever defines RTC_PORT and RTC_ALWAYS_BCD
>
> So we can get rid of that stuff completely.

Please see the second version of the patch series. This means I didn't drop it 
completely, but added a warning about it not agreeing with the status 
register. If this warning never triggers it can be dropped eventually,
if it triggers RTC_ALWAYS_BCD should be unset.

-Andi
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