linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 7/7] arch/x86: Comment out efi_set_rtc

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Message-Id: <1402678823-24589-8-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:00:23 +0200
From:	Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
To:	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
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	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [PATCH v5 7/7] arch/x86: Comment out efi_set_rtc_mmss()

efi_set_rtc_mmss() is never used to set RTC due to bugs found
on many EFI platforms. It is set directly by mach_set_rtc_mmss().

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
---
 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index deb4f05..bd3e080 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ static efi_status_t __init phys_efi_set_virtual_address_map(
 	return status;
 }
 
+#if 0
+/*
+ * efi_set_rtc_mmss() is never used to set RTC due to bugs found
+ * on many EFI platforms. It is set directly by mach_set_rtc_mmss().
+ */
 int efi_set_rtc_mmss(const struct timespec *now)
 {
 	unsigned long nowtime = now->tv_sec;
@@ -279,6 +284,7 @@ int efi_set_rtc_mmss(const struct timespec *now)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif
 
 void efi_get_time(struct timespec *now)
 {
-- 
1.7.10.4

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