Re: [PATCH] rtc-cmos: fix broken NVRAM bank 2 writing

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Nov 22 2011 - 18:16:09 EST


On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:20:31 +0100
Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fix writing to NVRAM bank 2 in rtc-cmos driver. It never worked since its
> introduction in 2.6.28 because of a typo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --- linux-3.1-orig/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c 2011-10-24 09:10:05.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-3.1/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c 2011-11-08 17:43:29.000000000 +0100
> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static inline unsigned char cmos_read_ba
> static inline void cmos_write_bank2(unsigned char val, unsigned char addr)
> {
> outb(addr, RTC_PORT(2));
> - outb(val, RTC_PORT(2));
> + outb(val, RTC_PORT(3));
> }
>
> #else

Strange. Can you suggest why this bug has lived for so long without anyone
noticing it?
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