From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
To: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Cc: Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com,
Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
David@ozlabs.org, Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>,
Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org>,
Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:37:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090224193708.5f8be86c@i1501.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.00.0902241848500.544@vixen.sonytel.be>
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:56:03 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23
> >
> > I'd start writing a working driver and then see how we should eventually
> > adapt the rtc subsystem to cope with your needs.
>
> OK, so here's a first example: rtc-ps3.
>
> Note that this single patch adds 100+ lines of code, while my previous patch
> series removed 500+ lines of code, while solving the autoloading problem for
> several ppc and m68k platforms.
This patch has a much cleaner approach, imho.
> Converting all (ca. 20?) ppc and m68k RTC support code into individual RTC
> class drivers would add ca. 100+ lines of code for each individual driver.
How different are all of those boards? It's simply a matter
of parameters and offsets? can we group them somehow?
--
Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-24 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-20 15:46 [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-20 15:46 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/5] rtc-parisc: Add missing module alias Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-20 15:46 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/5] pa-risc: Rename rtc-parisc to rtc-generic Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-20 15:46 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/5] m68k: Enable rtc-generic Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-20 15:46 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/5] powerpc: Enable rtc-generic, and kill rtc-ppc Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-20 15:46 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/5] rtc: Kill genrtc, as all its users have been converted to rtc-generic Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-20 16:04 ` [rtc-linux] [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-23 12:34 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-23 15:05 ` [rtc-linux] " Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-24 17:56 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-24 18:37 ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]
2009-02-25 1:14 ` Brad Boyer
2009-02-25 9:58 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-24 21:35 ` [rtc-linux] " David Woodhouse
2009-02-24 22:11 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-24 22:32 ` David Woodhouse
2009-02-25 10:00 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-25 10:18 ` [rtc-linux] " Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-27 17:17 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2009-02-27 17:19 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-02-27 18:55 ` Richard Zidlicky
2009-03-02 9:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-03-02 10:03 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-03-02 10:28 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-03-02 11:09 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-03-03 10:41 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-03-03 13:53 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-03-03 19:06 ` Paul Mundt
2009-03-04 8:26 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-03-04 12:47 ` Alessandro Zummo
2009-03-04 12:51 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-25 9:54 ` [rtc-linux] " Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-02-24 18:46 ` Helge Deller
2009-02-25 9:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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