From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
Cc: ambx1@neo.rr.com, bjorn.helgaas@hp.com, david-b@pacbell.net,
mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de,
dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net, rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch][resend] provide rtc_cmos platform device, take 2
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:36:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080528163600.b4c3c12c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <483BEF1A.3080808@aknet.ru>
On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:23:06 +0400
Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru> wrote:
> RTC doesn't work with pnpacpi=off.
> The attached patch fixes the problem by creating the platform device for
> the RTC when PNP is disabled. This may also help running the PNP-enabled
> kernel on an older PCs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
> Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>
> CC: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
So is everyone happy with this now?
It got lost from the changelog but IIRC this fixes a small sort-of regression
which was added in 2.6.25(?) because Stas switched drivers. I assume
that the incompatibility was unintentional.
So it might be 2.6.26 material, and possibly even 2.6.25.x?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-28 23:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <200805212334.m4LNY42M006425@imap1.linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-23 5:02 ` [patch] " Stas Sergeev
2008-05-27 11:23 ` [patch][resend] " Stas Sergeev
2008-05-28 23:36 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-05-29 4:52 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-05-29 14:54 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2008-05-30 4:12 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-05-30 15:52 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2008-06-02 9:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-06-02 9:53 ` Russell King
2008-05-29 6:27 ` David Brownell
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