Author: imp
Date: Sun Oct  7 20:36:46 2012
New Revision: 241333
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241333

Log:
  Loop reading the RTC registers until the same values are obtained
  twice, as advised in the atmel docs.
  
  Submitted by: Ian Lapore

Modified:
  head/sys/arm/at91/at91_rtc.c

Modified: head/sys/arm/at91/at91_rtc.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/arm/at91/at91_rtc.c        Sun Oct  7 20:17:24 2012        
(r241332)
+++ head/sys/arm/at91/at91_rtc.c        Sun Oct  7 20:36:46 2012        
(r241333)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int
 at91_rtc_gettime(device_t dev, struct timespec *ts)
 {
        struct clocktime ct;
-       uint32_t timr, calr;
+       uint32_t calr, calr2, timr, timr2;
        struct at91_rtc_softc *sc;
 
        sc = device_get_softc(dev);
@@ -266,8 +266,19 @@ at91_rtc_gettime(device_t dev, struct ti
        if (RD4(sc, RTC_VER) & (RTC_VER_NVTIM | RTC_VER_NVCAL))
                return EINVAL;
 
-       timr = RD4(sc, RTC_TIMR);
-       calr = RD4(sc, RTC_CALR);
+       /*
+        * The RTC hardware can update registers while the CPU is reading them.
+        * The manual advises reading until you obtain the same values twice.
+        * Interleaving the reads (rather than timr, timr2, calr, calr2 order)
+        * also ensures we don't miss a midnight rollover/carry between reads.
+        */
+       do {
+               timr = RD4(sc, RTC_TIMR);
+               calr = RD4(sc, RTC_CALR);
+               timr2 = RD4(sc, RTC_TIMR);
+               calr2 = RD4(sc, RTC_CALR);
+       } while (timr != timr2 || calr != calr2);
+
        ct.nsec = 0;
        ct.sec = RTC_TIMR_SEC(timr);
        ct.min = RTC_TIMR_MIN(timr);
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