From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
To: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Cc: Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com, Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org>,
Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>,
Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:47:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090304134705.7d9bbe5c@i1501.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.00.0903040920240.2416@vixen.sonytel.be>
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 09:26:29 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> wrote:
> Thanks Paul, I wasn't aware of that thread!
>
> Yes, this is almost the same. The only part I don't agree with is the move of
> the creation of the platform device from arch-specific code to rtc-firmware.c,
> as this makes autoloading the driver more difficult.
and it's also against a proper implementation of the device/driver model.
> Seems like everybody but the RTC maintainer has an interest in having an RTC
> class driver on top of [gs]et_rtc_time()... ;-)
That's because everyone is lazy :)
Seriously, if you want to handle it in the way we wrote
in the previous emails, it's ok for me.
--
Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-04 12:47 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
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 [this message]
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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