linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH v2 4/8] rtc: efi: Transition to the faux device interface

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Message-ID: <20250408-onyx-tody-of-recreation-adb368@sudeepholla>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 16:01:24 +0100
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH v2 4/8] rtc: efi: Transition to the faux device
 interface

On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 04:45:31PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:01:42 +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > The EFI RTC driver does not require the creation of a platform device.
> > Originally, this approach was chosen for simplicity when the driver was
> > first implemented.
> > 
> > With the introduction of the lightweight faux device interface, we now
> > have a more appropriate alternative. Migrate the driver to utilize the
> > faux bus, given that the platform device it previously created was not
> > a real one anyway. This will simplify the code, reducing its footprint
> > while maintaining functionality.
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Applied, thanks!
> 
> [4/8] rtc: efi: Transition to the faux device interface
>       https://git.kernel.org/abelloni/c/89a378d01e7e
> 

You need to drop it, sorry for not mentioning it explicitly.
module alias doesn't work which I think is a requirement and also
module_faux_driver() macro is not upstream.

Sorry for the trouble.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep