Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] efi-rtc: Remove wakeup functionality

From: Demi Marie Obenour
Date: Mon Jul 14 2025 - 02:14:05 EST


On 7/14/25 02:08, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The EFI rtc driver is used by non-x86 architectures only, and exposes
> the get/set wakeup time functionality provided by the underlying
> platform. This is usually broken on most platforms, and not widely used
> to begin with [if at all], so let's just remove it.
systemd uses the underlying functionality: a timer can wake the system up.
I have no idea if that is implemented in terms of this function, though.
--
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)

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