Hi,
As I already pointed out, there are a few errors in RTC handling for
Alpha. Also a few comments are misleading. The following is an updated
patch that applies to 2.4.0-test8.
Maciej
--
+ Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland +
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP key available +
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.4.0-test8.macro/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
linux-2.4.0-test8/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
--- linux-2.4.0-test8.macro/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c Tue Aug 29 20:51:31 2000
+++ linux-2.4.0-test8/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c Thu Sep 21 22:17:22 2000
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/irq.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@
init_rtc_irq();
}
-void
+void __init
time_init(void)
{
unsigned int year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, cc1, cc2, epoch;
@@ -267,17 +268,14 @@
BCD_TO_BIN(year);
}
- /* PC-like is standard; used for year <= 20 || year >= 100 */
+ /* PC-like is standard; used for year < 20 || year >= 70 */
epoch = 1900;
- if (year > 20 && year < 48)
- /* ARC console, used on some not so old boards */
+ if (year >= 20 && year < 48)
+ /* NT epoch */
epoch = 1980;
else if (year >= 48 && year < 70)
- /* Digital UNIX, used on older boards (eg. AXPpxi33) */
+ /* Digital UNIX epoch */
epoch = 1952;
- else if (year >= 70 && year < 100)
- /* Digital DECstations, very old... */
- epoch = 1928;
printk(KERN_INFO "Using epoch = %d\n", epoch);
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.4.0-test8.macro/drivers/char/rtc.c
linux-2.4.0-test8/drivers/char/rtc.c
--- linux-2.4.0-test8.macro/drivers/char/rtc.c Sun Jul 30 22:09:48 2000
+++ linux-2.4.0-test8/drivers/char/rtc.c Thu Sep 21 22:06:56 2000
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
if (!(ctrl & RTC_DM_BINARY) || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD)
BCD_TO_BIN(year); /* This should never happen... */
- if (year > 20 && year < 48) {
+ if (year >= 20 && year < 48) {
epoch = 1980;
guess = "ARC console";
} else if (year >= 48 && year < 70) {
-
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