Subbrathnam, Swaminathan wrote: > The RTC driver takes care of this anomaly at this point of time. > The time you see will correctly reflect whether it is AM/PM. A MSP430 > update for the same is available.
Is the updated MSP430 firmware shipping on production boards? If so we should switch to Dave's new driver. Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David Brownell > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: DaVinci: add RTC driver > > On Friday 25 August 2006 7:11 pm, David Brownell wrote: >> Converts the old-school RTC driver over to the RTC framework. >> >> The MSP430 RTC firmware is pretty odd; a simple persistent seconds >> counter (leaving Linux to convert to gregorian calendar and handle >> DST and other timezone issues) would be a lot better. > > ... speaking of which, the main glitch in that RTC code (other than > lack of features, like RTC alarm) is that the RTC reports 12-hour times > with no way to examine its internal AM/PM indicator. Which means that > the typical "load system wall clock from RTC on boot" scenario will > produce system clocks that are wrong, about half the time, as will > asking the RTC for the current time. > > It's maybe best not to use this RTC at all. > > I just thought I'd highlight that fact, in case anyone's in a position > to update that MSP430 firmware to have reasonable RTC support. > > - Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source > _______________________________________________ > Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source _______________________________________________ Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list [email protected] http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source
