Re: [patch 1/3] rtc-x1205: fix rtc_time to y2k register valueconversion

From: Alessandro Zummo
Date: Thu Nov 26 2009 - 16:41:02 EST


On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:02:34 +0100
Johannes Weiner <jw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> eah, I think so too, although I hope we can get feedback from the
> authors beforehand.
>
> Because #1 looks obvious to me and makes the driver at all usable for
> me but the code has been like that since the initial merge in 2006.
> So either
>
> a) nobody ever set the date with this thing,
> b) every embedded linux company has its own private patch or
> c) I am missing something,
>
> where likelyhood is in reverse order. That makes me feel slightly
> uncomfortable.

The last time I used an x1205 it worked nicely. It's been two or three
years since. However the datasheet says 0x19 o 0x20 so your patch
looks good.

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Best regards,

Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

http://www.towertech.it

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