NTP: Add a CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC configuration
The purpose of this option is to allow ARM/etc systems that rely on the
class RTC subsystem to have the same kind of automatic NTP based
synchronization that we have on PC platforms. Today ARM does not
implement update_persistent_clock and makes extensive use of the class
RTC system.
When enabled CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC will provide a generic
rtc_update_persistent_clock that stores the current time in the RTC and
is intended complement the existing CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS option that loads
the RTC at boot.
Like with RTC_HCTOSYS the platform's update_persistent_clock is used
first, if it works. Platforms with mixed class RTC and non-RTC drivers
need to return ENODEV when class RTC should be used. Such an update for
PPC is included in this patch.
Long term, implementations of update_persistent_clock should migrate to
proper class RTC drivers and use CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC instead.
Tested on ARM kirkwood and PPC405
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index 19c03ab..b377e96 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@
the value read from a specified RTC device. This is useful to avoid
unnecessary fsck runs at boot time, and to network better.
+config RTC_SYSTOHC
+ bool "Set the RTC time based on NTP synchronization"
+ default y
+ help
+ If you say yes here, the system time (wall clock) will be stored
+ in the RTC specified by RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE approximately every 11
+ minutes if userspace reports synchronized NTP status.
+
config RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE
string "RTC used to set the system time"
- depends on RTC_HCTOSYS = y
+ depends on RTC_HCTOSYS = y || RTC_SYSTOHC = y
default "rtc0"
help
The RTC device that will be used to (re)initialize the system