linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/73] powerpc: use device_initcall for registering rtc devices

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:48:05 -0800
From:	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/73] powerpc: use device_initcall for registering rtc
 devices

Hi Paul,

On Tue, 2014-01-21 at 16:22 -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Currently these two RTC devices are in core platform code
> where it is not possible for them to be modular.  It will
> never be modular, so using module_init as an alias for
> __initcall can be somewhat misleading.
> 
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c        | 2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/time.c | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I tested the PS3 part of this patch and it seems to work OK.

Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>

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