linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] char/rtc: legacy RTC is no longer supported on x86

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1604271205100.3941@nanos>
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:05:23 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] char/rtc: legacy RTC is no longer supported on x86

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> Commit 3195ef59cb42 ("x86: Do full rtc synchronization with ntp") had
> the side-effect of unconditionally enabling the RTC_LIB symbol on x86,
> which in turn disables the selection of the CONFIG_RTC and
> CONFIG_GEN_RTC drivers that contain a two older implementations of
> the CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS driver.
> 
> This removes x86 from the list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>