[PATCH, resend] x86: enable rtc-efi

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Tue May 15 2012 - 08:07:50 EST


Besides a Kconfig change this just requires creating a corresponding
platform device.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: dann frazier <dannf@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 2 +-
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- 3.4-rc7/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ 3.4-rc7-EFI-RTC-platform-dev/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
#include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
@@ -912,6 +913,24 @@ out:
kfree(new_memmap);
}

+static struct platform_device rtc_efi_dev = {
+ .name = "rtc-efi",
+ .id = -1,
+};
+
+static int __init rtc_init(void)
+{
+ if (!efi_enabled)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if (platform_device_register(&rtc_efi_dev) < 0)
+ printk(KERN_ERR "unable to register EFI RTC device...\n");
+
+ /* not necessarily an error */
+ return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(rtc_init);
+
/*
* Convenience functions to obtain memory types and attributes
*/
--- 3.4-rc7/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ 3.4-rc7-EFI-RTC-platform-dev/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ config RTC_DRV_DA9052

config RTC_DRV_EFI
tristate "EFI RTC"
- depends on IA64
+ depends on EFI
help
If you say yes here you will get support for the EFI
Real Time Clock.



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