Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] Support timezone of ACPI TAD and EFI TIME

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 12/19/2013 09:38 PM, joeyli wrote:
> 
> If don't use EFI time, then the first priority is using ACPI TAD if it
> present. Due to ACPI TAD is a generic acpi device that's need OS parsing
> DSDT table before set system time.
> 
> Either move DSDT parser from subsystem initial stage to start_kernel or
> move timekeeping initial to after DSDT be parsed. Which one you think is
> more possible and risk less? Then I will try that way.
> 

I discussed the DSDT/SSDT parsing issue with Rafael and he claims it
would require a lot of restructuring.  Unfortunately ACPI is at this
point done rather late, as I understand.  All of this is a big problem.

	-hpa

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