Re: [PATCH 1/3] rtc-efi: register rtc-efi device when EFI enabled

[H. Peter Anvin]

We do have such machines, which is why this change has been reverted twice already.  I believe we should stick to the priority scheme I proposed a few weeks ago.

Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 00:26 +0800, Lee, Chun-Yi wrote:
>> UEFI time services, GetTime(), SetTime(), GetWakeupTime(),
>SetWakeupTime() are also
>> supported by other non-IA64 architecutre with UEFI BIOS, e.g. x86.
>> 
>> This patch changed RTC_DRV_EFI configuration to depend on EFI but not
>just IA64. It
>> checks efi_enabled flag and efi-rtc driver should enabled.
>
>In theory, certainly - but do we still have machines that explode if
>the
>get_time call is made? We may also want to think about disabling the
>legacy access to the RTC if the EFI calls are present.

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