[rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Generic RTC class driver

[Alessandro Zummo]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:56:03 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven at sonycom.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 23
> > 
> >  I'd start writing a working driver and then see how we should eventually
> >  adapt the rtc subsystem to cope with your needs.
> 
> OK, so here's a first example: rtc-ps3.
> 
> Note that this single patch adds 100+ lines of code, while my previous patch
> series removed 500+ lines of code, while solving the autoloading problem for
> several ppc and m68k platforms.

 This patch has a much cleaner approach, imho.

> Converting all (ca. 20?) ppc and m68k RTC support code into individual RTC
> class drivers would add ca. 100+ lines of code for each individual driver.



 How different are all of those boards? It's simply a matter
 of parameters and offsets? can we group them somehow?

 
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 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it