From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v2
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 10:09:46 +0200 (MEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0305141005420.13491-100000@vervain.sonytel.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030514004332.I15172@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Wed, 14 May 2003, Russell King wrote:
> - I think we need a generic RTC driver (which is backed by real RTCs).
> Integrator-based stuff has a 32-bit 1Hz counter RTC with alarm, as
> has the SA11xx, and probably PXA. There's another implementation
> for the RiscPC and ARM26 stuff. I'd rather not see 4 implementations
> of the RTC userspace API, but one common implementation so that stuff
> gets done in a consistent way.
>
> We postponed this at the beginning of 2.4 until 2.5 happened. We're
> now at 2.5, and I'm about to add at least one more (the Integrator
> implementation.) This isn't sane imo.
What about adding the periodic counter and alarm support to
drivers/char/genrtc.c? Genrtc is used on m68k, PA-RISC, PPC, MIPS (private
tree), and even on ia32.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
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Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-12 22:54 2.6 must-fix list, v2 Andrew Morton
2003-05-12 22:55 ` Andrew Morton
2003-05-13 4:05 ` viro
2003-05-13 5:00 ` Greg KH
2003-05-13 11:36 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 13:57 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-13 15:16 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 15:22 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-13 15:32 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 15:47 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-13 16:02 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 16:09 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-13 16:27 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 16:45 ` Dave McCracken
2003-05-13 16:53 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 22:50 ` Andrew Morton
2003-05-13 17:38 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-13 17:59 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 15:59 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-05-13 16:11 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 18:09 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-05-13 20:15 ` Chris Friesen
2003-05-13 20:25 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 13:57 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-13 15:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-05-13 15:12 ` Jens Axboe
2003-05-13 15:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-05-13 15:50 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-05-13 16:59 ` Sam Ravnborg
2003-05-13 20:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-05-13 20:12 ` Sam Ravnborg
2003-05-13 19:51 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-05-13 20:17 ` Andrew Morton
2003-05-13 22:25 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-13 22:52 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-05-13 23:43 ` Russell King
2003-05-14 8:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.1052866140.9783.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2003-05-14 2:32 ` Pete Zaitcev
2003-05-14 16:21 ` Tom Rini
2003-05-17 8:58 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-13 15:47 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 15:06 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-13 16:20 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-13 17:52 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2003-05-13 18:11 ` Trond Myklebust
2003-05-17 8:56 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-13 0:22 ` Greg KH
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-14 18:21 Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky
2003-05-14 2:05 Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky
2003-05-14 2:43 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-05-14 12:05 ` Shaheed R. Haque
2003-05-13 20:04 Chuck Ebbert
2003-05-13 17:12 James Bottomley
2003-05-13 18:11 ` Mike Anderson
2003-05-13 18:18 ` James Bottomley
2003-05-13 19:14 ` Mike Anderson
[not found] <20030512155417.67a9fdec.akpm@digeo.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
[not found] ` <20030512155511.21fb1652.akpm@digeo.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2003-05-13 6:00 ` Andi Kleen
2003-05-13 1:57 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-12 11:20 Processor sets (pset) for linux kernel 2.5/2.6? Shaheed R. Haque
2003-04-12 19:56 ` Shaheed R. Haque
2003-04-12 20:02 ` Robert Love
2003-04-13 8:30 ` Shaheed R. Haque
2003-04-13 14:28 ` Robert Love
2003-05-13 11:49 ` 2.6 must-fix list, v2 Shaheed R. Haque
2003-05-13 20:02 ` Andrew Morton
2003-05-13 22:46 ` Shaheed R. Haque
2003-05-14 2:42 ` Steven Cole
2003-05-14 11:49 ` Shaheed R. Haque
2003-05-14 13:08 ` Steven Cole
2003-05-13 22:49 ` Shaheed R. Haque
2003-05-14 11:02 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-05-14 15:59 ` Robert Love
2003-05-14 16:04 ` Robert Love
2003-05-14 21:01 ` shaheed
2003-05-14 21:15 ` Robert Love
2003-05-15 9:19 ` Shaheed R. Haque
2003-05-15 15:32 ` Robert Love
2003-05-15 20:07 ` shaheed
2003-05-15 20:20 ` Robert Love
2003-05-15 20:24 ` Robert Love
2003-05-15 21:30 ` shaheed
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