Re: [PATCH 7/14] RTC: Remove RTC UIP synchronization on MIPS Footbridge

[Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 05:30:36PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> Remove RTC UIP synchronization on MIPS Footbridge

Urgh, this is obviously ARM. And I noticed my per-patch cc:es got
lost.
 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
> 
> Index: rtc/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/time.c
> ===================================================================
> --- rtc.orig/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/time.c	2005-10-27 19:02:08.000000000 -0500
> +++ rtc/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/time.c	2006-03-12 13:00:51.000000000 -0600
> @@ -34,27 +34,12 @@ static int rtc_base;
>  static unsigned long __init get_isa_cmos_time(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned int year, mon, day, hour, min, sec;
> -	int i;
>  
>  	// check to see if the RTC makes sense.....
>  	if ((CMOS_READ(RTC_VALID) & RTC_VRT) == 0)
>  		return mktime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
>  
> -	/* The Linux interpretation of the CMOS clock register contents:
> -	 * When the Update-In-Progress (UIP) flag goes from 1 to 0, the
> -	 * RTC registers show the second which has precisely just started.
> -	 * Let's hope other operating systems interpret the RTC the same way.
> -	 */
> -	/* read RTC exactly on falling edge of update flag */
> -	for (i = 0 ; i < 1000000 ; i++) /* may take up to 1 second... */
> -		if (CMOS_READ(RTC_FREQ_SELECT) & RTC_UIP)
> -			break;
> -
> -	for (i = 0 ; i < 1000000 ; i++) /* must try at least 2.228 ms */
> -		if (!(CMOS_READ(RTC_FREQ_SELECT) & RTC_UIP))
> -			break;
> -
> -	do { /* Isn't this overkill ? UIP above should guarantee consistency */
> +	do {
>  		sec  = CMOS_READ(RTC_SECONDS);
>  		min  = CMOS_READ(RTC_MINUTES);
>  		hour = CMOS_READ(RTC_HOURS);
> -
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