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RTC subsystem lifts the 32-bit hctosys limit for Y2038
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The 7.4 merge window's RTC pull makes the 32-bit hctosys cutoff configurable, which is the change 32-bit boxes that set their clock from the RTC need to survive 2038.
Merge tag 'rtc-7.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/abelloni/linux torvalds/linux
The hctosys limit for 32-bit platforms is now configurable, so systems that read the wall clock from the RTC at boot can be configured past the old cutoff and pass Y2038. The same merge adds a Raspberry Pi 5 RTC driver and support for the Abracon abx81x, Ricoh R2223x, Renesas R-Car X5H and Allwinner B288 in existing drivers.
Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2026-11-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip torvalds/linux
Three timer fixes land as urgent: on-stack hrtimer cleanup in play_idle_precise() with a new hrtimer_on_stack cleanup class to support it, clock_getres() handling a NULL output pointer under !CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS, and get_cpu_itimer() returning TICK_NSEC when the sampled CPU time exactly equals the nonzero expiry.
Merge tag 'irq-urgent-2026-11-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip torvalds/linux
The riscv-imsic driver now reports a successful hardware IRQ retrigger instead of the retrigger logic misreporting it, and irq-msi-lib frees wired MSI descriptors it previously leaked. Both fixes come from the same author, Avi Weiss.
Merge tag 'bootconfig-fixes-v7.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace torvalds/linux
start_kernel() now parses extra_init_args before the command-line init arguments, so command-line options take precedence over bootconfig as the documentation always claimed and the saved command line already reflected. Anyone whose bootconfig init args silently won now gets the documented behavior.
Set up the ASUS Zenbook A16's firmware, disk unlock and sleep basecamp/omarchy
On an ASUS Zenbook A16 (UX3607OA, Snapdragon X2 Elite) an Omarchy install comes up with no battery reporting, no sound, no Wi-Fi, a black panel at the disk unlock prompt, and a reset on resume from deep sleep; fix-asus-zenbook-a16-firmware.sh installs the board's own DSP firmware and Wi-Fi board data just ahead of qualcomm/firmware.sh. Elsewhere, the scheduler and IRQ merges above are small and...
