Linus, this is your patch from a few weeks ago.
It (still) solves problems for me here.
This should go into 2.6.24.
Fix BIN_TO_BCD()/BCD_TO_BIN() handling when setting the real-time alarm clock.
Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
---
drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c
index 3839efd..1538355 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c
@@ -194,6 +194,23 @@ static int get_date_field(char **p, u32 * value)
return result;
}
+/* Read a possibly BCD register, always return binary */
+static u32 cmos_bcd_read(int offset, int rtc_control)
+{
+ u32 val = CMOS_READ(offset);
+ if (!(rtc_control & RTC_DM_BINARY) || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD)
+ BCD_TO_BIN(val);
+ return val;
+}
+
+/* Write binary value into possibly BCD register */
+static void cmos_bcd_write(u32 val, int offset, int rtc_control)
+{
+ if (!(rtc_control & RTC_DM_BINARY) || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD)
+ BIN_TO_BCD(val);
+ CMOS_WRITE(val, offset);
+}
+
static ssize_t
acpi_system_write_alarm(struct file *file,
const char __user * buffer, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
@@ -258,35 +275,18 @@ acpi_system_write_alarm(struct file *file,
spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
rtc_control = CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL);
- if (!(rtc_control & RTC_DM_BINARY) || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD) {
- BIN_TO_BCD(yr);
- BIN_TO_BCD(mo);
- BIN_TO_BCD(day);
- BIN_TO_BCD(hr);
- BIN_TO_BCD(min);
- BIN_TO_BCD(sec);
- }
if (adjust) {
- yr += CMOS_READ(RTC_YEAR);
- mo += CMOS_READ(RTC_MONTH);
- day += CMOS_READ(RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH);
- hr += CMOS_READ(RTC_HOURS);
- min += CMOS_READ(RTC_MINUTES);
- sec += CMOS_READ(RTC_SECONDS);
+ yr += cmos_bcd_read(RTC_YEAR, rtc_control);
+ mo += cmos_bcd_read(RTC_MONTH, rtc_control);
+ day += cmos_bcd_read(RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH, rtc_control);
+ hr += cmos_bcd_read(RTC_HOURS, rtc_control);
+ min ...
