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Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups

From Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups
Date 2016-04-27 10:00 +0200
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Hi Arnd,

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> For the genrtc driver, rearranging the headers makes it simpler
> to use and reduces duplication. In case of alpha and mn10300,
> I've shown that the genrtc and rtc drivers are doing the same
> thing, so we don't need them both. The remaining three
> architectures (m68k, parisc, powerpc) actually all support
> the newer rtc-generic driver, so we could remove genrtc completely
> if we want to.

CONFIG_GEN_RTC is not enabled in any of the m68k defconfigs, so I think genrtc
has been unused for a while.
All defconfigs either use CONFIG_RTC_DRV_GENERIC, or enable a more specific
RTC driver.

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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char: legacy RTC cleanups Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH 1/8] char/rtc: replace blacklist with whitelist Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/8] char/rtc: replace blacklist with whitelist Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2016-04-27 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 6/8] char/genrtc: parisc: use asm-generic/rtc.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 6/8] char/genrtc: parisc: use asm-generic/rtc.h Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 6/8] char/genrtc: parisc: use asm-generic/rtc.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 13:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 6/8] char/genrtc: parisc: use asm-generic/rtc.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 13:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 6/8] char/genrtc: parisc: use asm-generic/rtc.h Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-04-27 14:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 6/8] char/genrtc: parisc: use asm-generic/rtc.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 14:50 +0200
  [PATCH 5/8] char/genrtc: powerpc: use asm-generic/rtc.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH 3/8] char/rtc: remove empty asm/mc146818rtc.h files Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/8] char/rtc: remove empty asm/mc146818rtc.h files Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2016-04-27 10:50 +0200
  [PATCH 7/8] char/genrtc: disallow building on Alpha Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH 8/8] char/genrtc: disallow building on mn10300 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 23:50 +0200
  [PATCH 4/8] char/rtc: move mc146818rtc code out of asm-generic/rtc.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 00:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/8] char/rtc: move mc146818rtc code out of  asm-generic/rtc.h Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2016-04-27 11:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4/8] char/rtc: move mc146818rtc code out of asm-generic/rtc.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 12:10 +0200
  [PATCH 2/8] char/rtc: legacy RTC is no longer supported on x86 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 00:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/8] char/rtc: legacy RTC is no longer supported on x86 Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2016-04-27 10:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/8] char/rtc: legacy RTC is no longer supported on x86 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-04-27 12:10 +0200
  Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-04-27 10:00 +0200
    Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 10:40 +0200
      Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-04-27 10:50 +0200
  Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2016-04-27 11:50 +0200
    Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 12:10 +0200
      Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-04-27 12:30 +0200
        Re: char: legacy RTC cleanups Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-27 13:40 +0200

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