[PATCH] RTC framework driver for CMOS RTCs

This is an "RTC framework" driver for the "CMOS" RTCs which are standard on
PCs and some other platforms.  That's MC146818 compatible silicon.
Advantages of this vs.  drivers/char/rtc.c (use one _or_ the other, only
one will be able to claim the RTC irq) include:

 - This leverages both the new RTC framework and the driver model; both
   PNPACPI and platform device modes are supported.  (A separate patch
   creates a platform device on PCs where PNPACPI isn't configured.)

 - It supports common extensions like longer alarms.  (A separate patch
   exports that information from ACPI through platform_data.)

 - Likewise, system wakeup events use "real driver model support", with
   policy control via sysfs "wakeup" attributes and and using normal rtc
   ioctls to manage wakeup.  (Patch in the works.  The ACPI hooks are
   known; /proc/acpi/alarm can vanish.  Making it work with EFI will
   be a minor challenge to someone with e.g. a MiniMac.)

It's not yet been tested on non-x86 systems, without ACPI, or with HPET.
And the RTC framework will surely have teething pains on "mainstream"
PC-based systems (though must embedded Linux systems use it heavily), not
limited to sorting out the "/dev/rtc0" issue (udev easily tweaked).  Also,
the ALSA rtctimer code doesn't use the new RTC API.

Otherwise, this should be a no-known-regressions replacement for the old
drivers/char/rtc.c driver, and should help the non-embedded distros (and
the new timekeeping code) start to switch to the framework.

Note also that any systems using "rtc-m48t86" are candidates to switch over
to this more functional driver; the platform data is different, and the way
bytes are read is different, but otherwise those chips should be compatible.

[akpm@osdl.org: sparc32 fix]
[akpm@osdl.org: sparc64 fix]
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Woody Suwalski <woodys@xandros.com>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index 09660e2ab05..4bbca500d3d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\#
+#
 # RTC class/drivers configuration
 #
 
@@ -95,6 +95,29 @@ config RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL
 comment "RTC drivers"
 	depends on RTC_CLASS
 
+# this 'CMOS' RTC driver is arch dependent because <asm-generic/rtc.h>
+# requires <asm/mc146818rtc.h> defining CMOS_READ/CMOS_WRITE, and a
+# global rtc_lock ... it's not yet just another platform_device.
+
+config RTC_DRV_CMOS
+	tristate "PC-style 'CMOS' real time clock"
+	depends on RTC_CLASS && (X86_PC || ALPHA || ARM26 || ARM \
+		|| M32R || ATARI || POWERPC)
+	help
+	  Say "yes" here to get direct support for the real time clock
+	  found in every PC or ACPI-based system, and some other boards.
+	  Specifically the original MC146818, compatibles like those in
+	  PC south bridges, the DS12887 or M48T86, some multifunction
+	  or LPC bus chips, and so on.
+
+	  Your system will need to define the platform device used by
+	  this driver, otherwise it won't be accessible.  This means
+	  you can safely enable this driver if you don't know whether
+	  or not your board has this kind of hardware.
+
+	  This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
+	  will be called rtc-cmos.
+
 config RTC_DRV_X1205
 	tristate "Xicor/Intersil X1205"
 	depends on RTC_CLASS && I2C