linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: timer: remove legacy rtctimer

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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:43:57 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	"Alexandre Belloni" <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	"Jaroslav Kysela" <perex@...ex.cz>, <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
	"Mark Brown" <broonie@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: timer: remove legacy rtctimer

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:58:05 +0200,
Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> 
> There are no users of rtctimer left. Remove its code as this is the
> in-kernel user of the legacy PC RTC driver that will hopefully be removed
> at some point.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
> ---
> Note that I've kept the definition of SNDRV_TIMER_GLOBAL_RTC as it is exposed to
> userspace. USerspace will still properly get -ENODEV when trying to use it (as
> if it was compiled out of the kernel anyway).

It makes sense to get rid of this one, yes.
I applied it now.  Thanks.


Takashi