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Message-Id: <200806081605.35042.david-b@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:05:34 -0700 From: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.26-rc5] make HPET_RTC_IRQ track HPET_EMULATE_RTC On Sunday 08 June 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 22:41:44 -0700 David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote: > > > More Kconfig tweaks related to the legacy PC RTC code: > > > > - Describe the legacy PC RTC driver as such ... it's never quite > > been clear that this driver is for PC RTCs, and now it's fair > > to call this the "legacy" driver. > > > > - Force it to understand about HPET stealing its IRQs ... kernel > > code does this always when HPET is in use, there should be no > > option for users to goof up the config. > > > > This seems to fix kernel bugzilla #10729. > > hm. "seems" is a bit soft. Fixes it for one reporter. Another reporter has yet to respond. > Do you think this should be in 2.6.26? Yes, unless someone more involved in the HPET stuff has a better solution. (Or that legacy RTC gets a maintainer, who disagrees...) This does seem to suggest that we have an extra Kconfig variable here, by the way. - dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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