On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:03:40 -0600
[email protected] (Olof Johansson) wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:37:12AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 29, 2007, at 11:17 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:37:54AM -0600, Olof Johansson wrote:
> > >
> > >>Make the PPC RTC functions use the generic RTC infrastructure if they
> > >>are not already defined (and an RTC is registered in the system).
> > >>
> > >>This should make it possible to remove the hideous direct access used
> > >>in some of the 83xx platforms.
> > >
> > >Now, I know I'm a bit late, and I've been quiet of late, but, um,
> > >why is
> > >there anything other than the RTC class stuff being used? I know
> > >drivers/char/genrtc.c isn't gone yet, but really, it should be in the
> > >process of being phased out. IMHO, it should depend on !POWERPC (or
> > >whatever the magic is to allow arch/ppc && !arch/powerpc).
> >
> > I think the problem was calling the RTC class code from the place's
> > we use rtc in ppc had locking issues or something like that.
>
> Yes, and it does a direct call into the driver instead of using the
> subsystem, exporting the symbol from the driver. Not a very pretty
> solution but it's possible that the genrtc stuff wasn't available when
> it was first implemented.
>
that's probably true.
afaict, this powerpc platform <--> RTC class code glue is totally unnecessary; RTC class sets things up fine on 83xx based boards that have rtc chips supported in RTC class (e.g., the ITX). I'm referring to the third bullet point here:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=116387226902131&w=2
For the MDS boards, which use the ds1374, I'd rather fix the problem properly and add a ds1374 driver to the RTC class. While Scott Wood (cc'd) has already done the port, I believe his patches are pending some patches by David Brownell.
Kim
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