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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:55:43 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] char/genrtc: parisc: use asm-generic/rtc.h
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 April 2016 13:21:16 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wednesday 27 April 2016 00:07:47 Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
>> > Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> > > The asm-generic/rtc.h header can now be included by
>> > > architectures that provide their own set_rtc_time/get_rtc_time
>> > > macros, letting us remove most of the common contents in
>> > > the powerpc implementation.
>> >
>> > parisc in this case.
>> >
>>
>> Fixed, thanks!
>
> Actually, after the comment about just removing the gen_rtc driver
> in the long run, I checked again and found that PARISC unconditionally
> selects RTC_CLASS, so this driver can't even be built here.
> We should just remove the header and drop PARISC from the list.
>
> If we also drop m68k, that just leaves powerpc.

I've just checked Debian's unofficial linux-image-4.5.0-1-m68k_4.5.1-1_m68k,
and it also enables RTC_CLASS and CONFIG_RTC_DRV_GENERIC, so gen_rtc
can be dropped on m68k for sure.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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