Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 06/14] rtc-efi: register rtc-efi device when EFI enabled | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:48:04 -0800 |
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The only real use case for the RTC TZ is compatibility with other operating systems that don't keep the time in UTC, at least as far as I can tell. However, that is a fairly big one, especially in VM deployments.
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote: >On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 08:30:48PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 12/19/2013 08:24 PM, joeyli wrote: >> > I agreed, but userspace application should not be too often to >access >> > RTC. Maybe only when system boot and set timezone. >> >> This is, quite frankly, an idiotic argument. > >TBH, I've been struggling with the question too - and it might even be >a >stupid question - but what is that absolute need to be able to get the >TZ in userspace? Why should I care? > >Can we get some use cases for stupid people like me please? > >Thanks.
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