linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] NTP: rtc: Add CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC

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Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:18:09 +0800
From:	pang.xunlei@....com.cn
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	linux-cris-kernel@...s.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Xunlei Pang <pang.xunlei@...aro.org>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>, Xunlei Pang <xlpang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] NTP: rtc: Add CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE for NTP
 synchronization

Hi Paul,

Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote 2015-06-01 PM 04:27:40:
> 
> Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] NTP: rtc: Add CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE for NTP 
> synchronization
> 
> On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 22:46 +0800, Xunlei Pang wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
> 
> >  config RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE
> >     string "RTC used to set the system time"
> > -   depends on RTC_HCTOSYS = y || RTC_SYSTOHC = y
> > +   depends on RTC_HCTOSYS = y
> 
> RTC_HCTOSYS and RTC_SYSTOHC are bool symbols. The "= y" test is not
> needed and the common idiom is to use only
>    depends on RTC_HCTOSYS
> 
> Since you're touching this you might as well switch to that idiom.
> 
> >     default "rtc0"
> >     help
> >       The RTC device that will be used to (re)initialize the system
> >      minutes if userspace reports synchronized NTP status.
> 
> > +config RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE
> > +   string "RTC used to synchronize NTP adjustment"
> > +   depends on RTC_SYSTOHC = y
> 
> Likewise.

Yea, thanks for pointing this out.

-Xunlei

> 
> > +   default "rtc0"
> > +   help
> > +     The RTC device used for NTP synchronization. The main difference
> > +     between RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE and RTC_SYSTOHC_DEVICE is that this
> > +     one can sleep when setting time, because it runs in the 
workqueue
> > +     context.
> 
> 
> Paul Bolle
> 

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