Use the generic cmos update function in kernel/time/ntp.c Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Chris Wright Cc: john stultz Cc: Andi Kleen --- arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 4 ++++ arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c | 25 +++++++++---------------- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c 2007-06-16 12:10:23.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c 2007-06-16 12:10:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(profile_pc); * sheet for details. */ -static void set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long nowtime) +static int set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long nowtime) { + int retval = 0; int real_seconds, real_minutes, cmos_minutes; unsigned char control, freq_select; @@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ static void set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long n if (abs(real_minutes - cmos_minutes) >= 30) { printk(KERN_WARNING "time.c: can't update CMOS clock " "from %d to %d\n", cmos_minutes, real_minutes); + retval = -1; } else { BIN_TO_BCD(real_seconds); BIN_TO_BCD(real_minutes); @@ -142,12 +144,17 @@ static void set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long n CMOS_WRITE(freq_select, RTC_FREQ_SELECT); spin_unlock(&rtc_lock); + + return retval; } +int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now) +{ + return set_rtc_mmss(now.tv_sec); +} void main_timer_handler(void) { - static unsigned long rtc_update = 0; /* * Here we are in the timer irq handler. We have irqs locally disabled (so we * don't need spin_lock_irqsave()) but we don't know if the timer_bh is running @@ -175,20 +182,6 @@ void main_timer_handler(void) if (!using_apic_timer) smp_local_timer_interrupt(); -/* - * If we have an externally synchronized Linux clock, then update CMOS clock - * accordingly every ~11 minutes. set_rtc_mmss() will be called in the jiffy - * closest to exactly 500 ms before the next second. If the update fails, we - * don't care, as it'll be updated on the next turn, and the problem (time way - * off) isn't likely to go away much sooner anyway. - */ - - if (ntp_synced() && xtime.tv_sec > rtc_update && - abs(xtime.tv_nsec - 500000000) <= tick_nsec / 2) { - set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec); - rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec + 660; - } - write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock); } Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm/arch/x86_64/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig 2007-06-16 12:10:20.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm/arch/x86_64/Kconfig 2007-06-16 12:10:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL bool default y +config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE + bool + default y + config ZONE_DMA32 bool default y -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/