linux-kernel - Re: [Bug 14658] Regression in efi.c

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:55:59 +1030
From:	indexer <indexer@...ernode.on.net>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug 14658] Regression in efi.c

Huang Ying wrote:
> Hi, William,
>
> On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 08:35 +0800, indexer wrote: 
>   
>> To whom it may concern
>>
>> I have redone the bisect and i believe the versions i originally stated 
>> were wrong. I apologise for this mistake
>>
>> commit 7bd867dfb4e0357e06a3211ab2bd0e714110def3
>> Author: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
>> Date:   Thu Sep 10 10:48:56 2009 +0800
>>
>>     x86: Move get/set_wallclock to x86_platform_ops
>>    
>>     get/set_wallclock() have already a set of platform dependent
>>     implementations (default, EFI, paravirt). MRST will add another
>>     variant.
>>    
>>     Moving them to platform ops simplifies the existing code and minimizes
>>     the effort to integrate new variants.
>>     
>
> Now Legacy RTC code instead of EFI get/set_wallclock is used on x86_64.
> Your test shows that before this patch, kernel can boot on your system,
> but can not boot after that?
>
> Best Regards,
> Huang Ying
>
>
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Huang Ying

Yes that is correct, i cant boot after this patch was applied, but 
former to this patch, my system would boot.

William
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