Commit-ID: ee5872befc9324fa4c2583c24d7ee7120314a2b7 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ee5872befc9324fa4c2583c24d7ee7120314a2b7 Author: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> AuthorDate: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:31:57 +0100 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> CommitDate: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:36:00 +0200
x86/time: Honor ACPI FADT flag indicating absence of a CMOS RTC Even though the omission was found only during code review (originally in the Xen hypervisor, looking through ACPI v5 flags and their meanings and uses), we shouldn't be creating a corresponding platform device in that case. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Cc: John Stultz <john.stu...@linaro.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5265029d02000078000fc...@nat28.tlf.novell.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> --- arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c index 0aa2939..5b9dd44 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c @@ -192,6 +192,14 @@ static __init int add_rtc_cmos(void) if (mrst_identify_cpu()) return -ENODEV; +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI + if (acpi_gbl_FADT.boot_flags & ACPI_FADT_NO_CMOS_RTC) { + /* This warning can likely go away again in a year or two. */ + pr_info("ACPI: not registering RTC platform device\n"); + return -ENODEV; + } +#endif + platform_device_register(&rtc_device); dev_info(&rtc_device.dev, "registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found)\n"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/