From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27D39C5519F for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:22:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD042225E for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:22:57 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="C18I0LTV" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726781AbgKNKWg (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Nov 2020 05:22:36 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:40328 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726739AbgKNKWg (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Nov 2020 05:22:36 -0500 Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D902A22252; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:22:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1605349355; bh=DTAwl0hTrgRNPZ3g+vwkAlwE0PTRvx4ZwzKkvuUCxr4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=C18I0LTVOcMsZtu/D5bylPumO8f8Nv2DLt9F8OyjoeMYwBWEyrvkd9nZ3U42ecTAP dKZ4KKAddKzsHAn6n6EomSTPCaozy0YPoORQspiNxwEmDJzHKZ/Gr7JWWi0ifU4f+s p+IHjEs9d3zGxrcCBXfQq5cZdDPfxpiFsOMD5Lv8= Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 11:23:20 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Jiaxun Yang Cc: =?utf-8?B?6ZmI5Y2O5omN?= , Roman Kiryanov , Huacai Chen , Paul Walmsley , LKML , Lingfeng Yang , Rob Herring , anup.patel@wdc.com, Alistair.Francis@wdc.com, qemu-riscv@nongnu.org Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] drivers: rtc: retire RTC_DRV_GOLDFISH Message-ID: References: <20201113205233.827493-1-rkir@google.com> <20201113210730.GA1992396@bogus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 05:47:47PM +0800, Jiaxun Yang wrote: > > > 在 2020/11/14 下午4:15, Greg KH 写道: > > + qemu-riscv list and QEMU device maintainers of goldfish_rtc > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 04:06:24PM +0800, 陈华才 wrote: > > > Hi, All, > > > > > > Goldfish RTC works well on MIPS, and QEMU RISC-V emulator use Goldfish > > > as well, so I think we should keep it in kernel. > > But does anyone actually use it for anything? Having something in qemu > > is nice, but not required if it doesn't provide something that is > > already there for other virtual devices, right? > > Hi all, > > Both QEMU MIPS loongson3-virt and riscv virt machine are using goldfish_rtc > as sole RTC > device, it have been hardcoded in QEMU for a long while and sudden drop in > kernel would > break these machines. > RTC is essential for virt machines to keep time synchronized with host. > > Given that it is the simplest RTC implementation for now, it won't give us > much maintenance > overhead. > > Thus I do think it shouldn't be retired as for now. If nobody comes in I'd > also willing to maintain > it. Ok, can someone submit a patch to update the MAINTAINERS file for this so we know who to route issues to over time? thanks, greg k-h