Merge tag 'rtc-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/abelloni/linux

[deliverable/linux.git] / arch / powerpc / platforms / Kconfig

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
index 3663f71fd913badd0f9c084be762902c547382e4..fbdae8377b71452cf2afb8b2e24e36a5d9ccd9b0 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
@@ -321,6 +321,17 @@ config OF_RTC
          Uses information from the OF or flattened device tree to instantiate
          platform devices for direct mapped RTC chips like the DS1742 or DS1743.
 
+config GEN_RTC
+       bool "Use the platform RTC operations from user space"
+       select RTC_CLASS
+       select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
+       help
+         This option provides backwards compatibility with the old gen_rtc.ko
+         module that was traditionally used for old PowerPC machines.
+         Platforms should migrate to enabling the RTC_DRV_GENERIC by hand
+         replacing their get_rtc_time/set_rtc_time callbacks with
+         a proper RTC device driver.
+
 config SIMPLE_GPIO
        bool "Support for simple, memory-mapped GPIO controllers"
        depends on PPC