linux-kernel - Re: state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

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Message-ID: <20080221092616.GA999@linux-m68k.org>
Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:26:17 +0100
From:	Richard Zidlicky <rz@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	a.zummo@...ertech.it, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	LKML Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
Subject: Re: state of GEN_RTC vs rtc subsystem

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:11:23AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
>  Is the functionality provided by drivers/char/gen_rtc.c completely handled 
>  by the rtc subsystem in drivers/rtc?

they were not designed work parallel at the same. Not sure if there is
ever a valid reason to have both comiled into one kernel image - might be
for some architectures - but when the situation is not handled correctly 
the easiest fix is to make them mutually exclusive.

Richard
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