linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: add x86 support for rtc-efi

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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:20:45 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Brian Maly <bmaly@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, h.peter.anvin@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dannf@...com, ying.huang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: add x86 support for rtc-efi


* Brian Maly <bmaly@...hat.com> wrote:

>> Hm, it would be nice to first unify the relevant bits of 
>> arch/x86/kernel/time_{32|64}.c into arch/x86/kernel/time.c, and 
>> then we can apply such patches without duplicative effects.
>
> Ingo,
>
> Are you OK with consolidating this into arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c as 
> Huang Ying had suggested? This seems like the most logical place 
> for the rtc-efi init to happen, but your suggestion to consolidate 
> this into arch/x86/kernel.time.c may have advantages that I am not 
> aware of.  Anyway, I would appreciate any insight/opinions on this 
> if you have any.  Thanks.

Yes, that indeed sounds like an even better place for it.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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