[PATCH 3/6] rtc: rtc-m48t86: add detect method for RTC
Alexander Clouter
alex at digriz.org.uk
Mon Apr 1 19:22:42 EDT 2013
The m48t86 has 114 bytes of user space available, so we can use this
space to detect for the presence of the RTC.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Clouter <alex at digriz.org.uk>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
index 6f99e64..b8edf73 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
@@ -173,6 +173,41 @@ static const struct rtc_class_ops m48t86_rtc_ops = {
.proc = m48t86_rtc_proc,
};
+/*
+ * The RTC chip has 114 bytes upper bytes that can be used as user storage
+ * space which we can use to test if the chip is present; for example it is
+ * an optional feature and not all boards will have it present.
+ *
+ * I've used the method Technologic Systems use in their rtc7800.c example
+ * for the detection.
+ *
+ * TODO: track down a guinea pig without an RTC to see if we can work out a
+ * better RTC detection routine
+ */
+static int m48t86_rtc_detect(struct device *dev)
+{
+ unsigned char tmp_rtc0, tmp_rtc1;
+
+ tmp_rtc0 = m48t86_rtc_readbyte(dev, 126);
+ tmp_rtc1 = m48t86_rtc_readbyte(dev, 127);
+
+ m48t86_rtc_writebyte(dev, 0x00, 126);
+ m48t86_rtc_writebyte(dev, 0x55, 127);
+ if (m48t86_rtc_readbyte(dev, 127) == 0x55) {
+ m48t86_rtc_writebyte(dev, 0xaa, 127);
+ if (m48t86_rtc_readbyte(dev, 127) == 0xaa
+ && m48t86_rtc_readbyte(dev, 126) == 0x00) {
+ m48t86_rtc_writebyte(dev, tmp_rtc0, 126);
+ m48t86_rtc_writebyte(dev, tmp_rtc1, 127);
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ dev_info(dev, "RTC not found\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+}
+
static int m48t86_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
unsigned char reg;
@@ -232,6 +267,14 @@ static int m48t86_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
} else
priv->ops = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+ err = m48t86_rtc_detect(&pdev->dev);
+ if (err) {
+ if (!pdev->dev.platform_data)
+ goto out_io_data;
+ else
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+
priv->rtc = rtc_device_register("m48t86",
&pdev->dev, &m48t86_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
if (IS_ERR(priv->rtc)) {
--
1.7.10.4
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