Re: [PATCH V10 16/22] LoongArch: Add misc common routines

From: Huacai Chen
Date: Sat May 14 2022 - 10:13:18 EST


Hi, Alexandre,

On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 8:56 PM Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 14/05/2022 16:03:56+0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/rtc.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/rtc.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..d7568385219f
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/rtc.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Loongson Technology Corporation Limited
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include <linux/init.h>
> > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> > +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> > +#include <asm/loongson.h>
> > +
> > +#define RTC_TOYREAD0 0x2C
> > +#define RTC_YEAR 0x30
> > +
> > +unsigned long loongson_get_rtc_time(void)
> > +{
> > + unsigned int year, mon, day, hour, min, sec;
> > + unsigned int value;
> > +
> > + value = ls7a_readl(LS7A_RTC_REG_BASE + RTC_TOYREAD0);
> > + sec = (value >> 4) & 0x3f;
> > + min = (value >> 10) & 0x3f;
> > + hour = (value >> 16) & 0x1f;
> > + day = (value >> 21) & 0x1f;
> > + mon = (value >> 26) & 0x3f;
> > + year = ls7a_readl(LS7A_RTC_REG_BASE + RTC_YEAR);
> > +
> > + year = 1900 + year;
> > +
> > + return mktime64(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec);
> > +}
> > +
> > +void read_persistent_clock64(struct timespec64 *ts)
> > +{
>
> This should rather be implemented in a proper rtc driver and then have
> userspace set the system time or use hctosys.
I found that some archs don't implement read_persistent_clock64(), so
I can safely remove the whole file if there is available rtc drivers?

Huacai
>
> > + ts->tv_sec = loongson_get_rtc_time();
> > + ts->tv_nsec = 0;
> > +}
> > --
> > 2.27.0
> >
>
> --
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