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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:40:27 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc-m48t59: fix setting of a year on m48t08 and m48t02
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From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:39:09 +0200

> I found the problem. The rtc-m48t59 driver sets a century bit if the
> year is over 2000. It is not correct on sparc as the first year is
> 1968 (so the century bit is needed in year 2168).
>
> The only sane solution is to reduce mostek_read_byte() and
> mostek_write_byte() and move the sparc specific year offset (1968)
> into the rtc-m48t59 driver.
>
> I'll prepare a patch.
> 
> Thank you for reporting this,

Thanks for tracking this down.