Re: select() to /dev/rtc0 to wait for clock tick timed out

[John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>]

On 12/30/2011 12:31 AM, Xiangfu Liu wrote:
> I meet the same problem on MIPS jz4740, here is the step I try to find 
> out the problem:
>
> 1. when I direct run 'hwclock' it will give
>    "select() to /dev/rtc0 to wait for clock tick timed out"
>    attachment 'hwclock.time.out' is the strace log
>
> 2. run 'rtctest' program. it works fine. the output is here[1]
>
> 3. after 'rtctest', run 'hwclock' again. then it works fine
>    attachment 'hwclock.wors' is the strace log
>
> without 'rtctest' run first. 'hwclock' never works.
> the hwclock works fine in 2.6.27.6, failed under '3.0.0'
>
> Please give me some tips how to fix this problem. shoule I modify the 
> driver code
> or is that relate to 'CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL'?

Sorry I missed this email originally, and thank you for pinging me.

Is CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL set in the config you're seeing this 
with? Does disabling it change the behavior?

Just a shot in the dark, but does the following help at all?
thanks
-john

Signed-off-by: John Stultz<john.stultz@linaro.org>

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c

index 05ab227..c6c81ba 100644

--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c

+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c

@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ static int jz4740_rtc_set_alarm(struct device *dev, struct rtc_wkalrm *alrm)

  static int jz4740_rtc_alarm_irq_enable(struct device *dev, unsigned int enable)

  {

      struct jz4740_rtc *rtc = dev_get_drvdata(dev);

-    return jz4740_rtc_ctrl_set_bits(rtc, JZ_RTC_CTRL_AF_IRQ, enable);

+    return jz4740_rtc_ctrl_set_bits(rtc,

+                 JZ_RTC_CTRL_AE |JZ_RTC_CTRL_AF_IRQ, enable);

  }

  

  static struct rtc_class_ops jz4740_rtc_ops = {