Re: [PATCH] x86-64: use EFI to deal with platform wall clock

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 25.05.12 at 17:24, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 04:20:31PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
>> Also make the two EFI functions in question here static - they're not
>> being referenced elsewhere.
> 
> Looks good, but should we also be changing get_time to return in UTC? 

Imo that would be a separate change though.

> What are the expected semantics for get_wallclock?

Not sure - I think both are permitted (just like for the legacy RTC),
with the expectation that early user mode would tell the kernel.

Jan

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