linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: Disable EFI rtc for x86

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Date:	Sun, 9 Nov 2014 19:22:31 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: Disable EFI rtc for x86

On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 06:37:46PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> this patch totally disabled efi rfc driver on x86 machines at 
> compile time. But on some x86 machines it working without crash 
> and reading from file /sys/class/rtc/rtc*/since_epoch returns 
> correct information. So why to disable compiling driver on 
> machines where driver working?

Sounds like we need an efi=rtc_enable knob for people who what to use
it...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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