Re: [PATCH] [3/3] Enable ACPI extended century handling for 32bittoo

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Andi Kleen wrote:

> 
> Not that it matters much, see comment in the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c |    7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
> +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
> @@ -112,12 +112,13 @@ unsigned long mach_get_cmos_time(void)
>  	mon = CMOS_READ(RTC_MONTH);
>  	year = CMOS_READ(RTC_YEAR);
>  
> -#if defined(CONFIG_ACPI) && defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
> -	/* CHECKME: Is this really 64bit only ??? */
> +	/*
> +	 * On 32bit not strictly needed because the world ends in 2038
> +	 * and the code can handle that with the 2 digit heuristics.
> +	 */
>  	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID &&
>  	    acpi_gbl_FADT.century)
>  		century = CMOS_READ(acpi_gbl_FADT.century);

How does this compile with CONFIG_ACPI=n ?

Thanks,
	tglx
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