[RFC/PATCH 1/2] Basic generic time/clocksource code for PowerPC

[Paul Mackerras]

Gabriel Paubert writes:

> The solution now used by i386/x86-64/sparc64 is
> CONFIG_GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE. Maybe powerpc should be switched
> to use something similar, but the generic code has some

Yes.  I'll turn on CONFIG_GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE.  Do you think it needs
to be a config option that can be turned on and off in the kernel
config, or should it just be always on as on x86[-64]?

> problems (it assumes that you have to set the clock
> on a half-second, which is not the case of the RTC on 
> my boards to start with).

Let's get the generic code fixed to do what we need then.  Care to
send a patch?

Paul.