Re: [PATCH v3 13/16] char/genrtc: remove powerpc support

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:34 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
> @@ -321,6 +321,17 @@ config OF_RTC
>           Uses information from the OF or flattened device tree to instantiate
>           platform devices for direct mapped RTC chips like the DS1742 or DS1743.
>
> +config GEN_RTC
> +       bool "Use the platform RTC operations from user space"
> +       select RTC_CLASS
> +       select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
> +       help
> +         This option provides backwards compatibility with the old gen_rtc.ko
> +         module that was traditionally used for old PowerPC machines.
> +         Platforms should migrate to enabling the RTC_DRV_GENERIC by hand
> +         replacing changing their get_rtc_time/set_rtc_time callbacks with

Drop "changing".

> +         a proper RTC device driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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