Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver

From: Alessandro Zummo <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:47:05 +0100

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 09:26:29 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <[email-masked]> 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.

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 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it