linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Try to handle hctosys w/ rtc modules

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Message-ID: <53AE6C3C.5090308@ahsoftware.de>
Date:	Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:18:20 +0200
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	John Whitmore <arigead@...il.com>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Try to handle hctosys w/ rtc modules

Am 27.06.2014 19:27, schrieb John Stultz:
> Its been pointed out that the RTC hctosys functionality doesn't
> work well with RTC modules, which may not be loaded until after
> late_init().
>
> While there have been other attempts to sovle this, this patchset
> is a very quick 10 minute effort to show how I'd try to resolve
> this. There likely are still issues here, but I'd be happy to
> make fixes and adjustments to ensure it works.
>
> Feedback and comments always appreciated!

And it still uses the non-deterministic and therefor almost unusable 
rtcN. Well done.

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