Any chance that we can ban EFI_UNSPECIFIED_TIMEZONE and/or require that time is always UTC?

Jonathan

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 10:35 AM Abner Chang via lists.riscv.org <renba.chang=gmail.com@...> wrote:

From: Abner Chang <abner.chang@...>

RTC (Real-time Clock)
   Real-time clock is the server basic system peripheral to provide the real date/time information for server to manage the system date, time and time zones settings for different regions through the local POST time firmware utility, NTP or the remote management such as Redfish.

Signed-off-by: Abner Chang <renba.chang@...>
Signed-off-by: Abner Chang <abner.chang@...>
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 riscv-platform-spec.adoc | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/riscv-platform-spec.adoc b/riscv-platform-spec.adoc
index 87ea6d5..d611d69 100644
--- a/riscv-platform-spec.adoc
+++ b/riscv-platform-spec.adoc
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ The UEFI run time services listed below are required to be implemented.
 |SetVariable               | 8.2        | A dedicated storage for firmware is
 required so that there is no conflict in access by both firmware and the OS.
 |QueryVariableInfo         | 8.2        |
-|GetTime                   | 8.3        | RTC Access by the OS
-|SetTime                   | 8.3        | If it is not possible to set the RTC,
-the SetTime() can return an error.
+|GetTime                   | 8.3        | RTC Access by the OS and firmware
+|SetTime                   | 8.3        | RTC configured by the OS and
+firmware
 |GetWakeupTime             | 8.3        | Interface is required to be
 implemented but it can return EFI_UNSUPPORTED.
 |SetWakeupTime             | 8.3        | Interface is required to be
@@ -469,6 +469,17 @@ https://lists.riscv.org/g/tech-privileged/message/404[Sstc] extension.
 ** Platforms are required to delegate the supervisor timer interrupt to 'S'
 mode. If the 'H' extension is implemented then the platforms are required to
 delegate the virtual supervisor timer interrupt to 'VS' mode.
+
+* Real-time Clock (RTC)
+The Real-time clock must be provided to the server extension platform to
+facilitate the time management (Date, time and the time zone) and RTC wake up
+when the server is in the power down state for the server manageability.
+The GetTime()and SetTime() UEFI runtime services must be implemented by
+firmware to incorporate with RTC and flexibly support RTC use cases.
+GetWakeupTime() and SetWakeupTime() UEFI runtime services are required to be
+implemented but it can return EFI_UNSUPPORTED if the wake up from RTC is not
+supported.
+
 * PCI-E

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