[PATCH 0/6] rtc: generic: follow up for COMPILE_TEST
Alexandre Belloni
alexandre.belloni at free-electrons.com
Wed Mar 9 20:41:07 PST 2016
Hi,
On 01/03/2016 at 17:59:56 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote :
> Today's linux-next kernel allowed building the rtc-generic
> driver (and most other rtc drivers) on all architectures,
> but this caused some errors on architectures without asm/rtc.h.
>
> This series reworks that driver to avoid the dependency,
> and simplifies all four implementations. My first approach
> was to split the driver into four separate drivers, but
> that didn't feel right when three of them have their own
> multiplexors.
>
> The first five patches can be applied independent of one other,
> while patch 6 is optional and can be applied when all others
> are merged. Alternatively, they can all go in through the
> rtc tree. I compile-tested only the powerpc and sh targets for
> which I happened to have cross-compilers installed.
>
I like this approach. Maybe you can also remove the now unnecessary
definitions from the various asm/rtc.h.
I have a small nitpick on the parisc patch.
I'll take the first patch, no need to resend that one.
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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
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