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Message-ID: <20090129204104.60bf46a2@i1501.lan.towertech.it> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:41:04 +0100 From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it> To: rtc-linux@...glegroups.com Cc: eswierk@...stanetworks.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH] x86: i2c rtc instead of cmos rtc On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:21:58 -0800 Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stanetworks.com> wrote: > In our embedded application it's more convenient to build all the > drivers needed to support various hardware configurations into the > kernel, and avoid messing with modules. This works fine for devices > that can be detected dynamically, but RTC chips are among the few that > need to be configured statically; my change just relaxes the current > assumption that all x86 boards have a usable CMOS RTC. While I can't judge on what's convenient to you, I do not feel fine in having a kernel option to disable the rtc and another to load a specific i2c one. However, if there's a strong consensus from other people on the matter, I will close an eye and pretend I haven't seen the patch slipping thru :) -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy http://www.towertech.it -- 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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