linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] Support timezone of ACPI TAD and EFI TIME

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Message-ID: <20131219170445.42b50a5b@linux.lan.towertech.it>
Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:04:45 +0100
From:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Lee, Chun-Yi" <joeyli.kernel@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>, Elliott@...com,
	samer.el-haj-mahmoud@...com, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	werner@...e.com, trenn@...e.de, JBeulich@...e.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] Support timezone of ACPI TAD and EFI TIME

On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 06:59:55 -0800
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> EFI time is something we used to support and ripped out, because it
> doesn't work well, *at all*.
> 
> I am hyper-skeptical to reintroducing them, and *definitely* will veto
> reintroducing them on a system which has PNP0B0x devices present.

 Definitely agree.

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it

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