On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 00:26 +0800, Lee, Chun-Yi wrote: > UEFI time services, GetTime(), SetTime(), GetWakeupTime(), SetWakeupTime() > are also > supported by other non-IA64 architecutre with UEFI BIOS, e.g. x86. > > This patch changed RTC_DRV_EFI configuration to depend on EFI but not just > IA64. It > checks efi_enabled flag and efi-rtc driver should enabled.
In theory, certainly - but do we still have machines that explode if the get_time call is made? We may also want to think about disabling the legacy access to the RTC if the EFI calls are present.