Re: [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Try to handle hctosys w/ rtc modules

[Alexander Holler]

Am 28.06.2014 09:18, schrieb Alexander Holler:
> Am 27.06.2014 19:27, schrieb John Stultz:
> > Its been pointed out that the RTC hctosys functionality doesn't
> > work well with RTC modules, which may not be loaded until after
> > late_init().
> >
> > While there have been other attempts to sovle this, this patchset
> > is a very quick 10 minute effort to show how I'd try to resolve
> > this. There likely are still issues here, but I'd be happy to
> > make fixes and adjustments to ensure it works.

How long you needed to getthe idea?

> > Feedback and comments always appreciated!
>
> And it still uses the non-deterministic and therefor almost unusable
> rtcN. Well done.

Besides that the current hctosys-mechanism doesn't really work with 
hot-plugable devices at all. Guess what N will be when you unplug and 
plug in such a RTC again.

Looks good but doesn't work => high quality. ;)
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