Make use of the Century Bit to support years in the range from 1970 to 2169. Enable toggling of the bit at the end of a century on a clock update. --- The clock is used with the Broadcom SWARM and the D-Link DNS-323 platform. I have verified correct operation with the SWARM -- the firmware assumes 19YY when CB is clear and 20YY otherwise. Which means years 1900-1969 will be shown as 2100-2169 in Linux. I think this is a feature rather than a problem. The firmware does not set the CEB bit itself and does not care of what its state is. I will be happy to hear from a DNS-323 user to confirm or deny whether such an interpretation is compatible. Otherwise, please apply. Maciej patch-2.6.26-rc1-20080505-m41t80-century-4 diff -up --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c --- linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c 2008-05-05 02:55:40.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c 2008-05-16 21:16:48.000000000 +0000 @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ (M41T80_REG_ALARM_SEC + 1 - M41T80_REG_ALARM_MON) #define M41T80_SEC_ST (1 << 7) /* ST: Stop Bit */ +#define M41T80_HOUR_CEB (1 << 7) /* CEB: Century Enable Bit */ +#define M41T80_HOUR_CB (1 << 6) /* CB: Century Bit */ #define M41T80_ALMON_AFE (1 << 7) /* AFE: AF Enable Bit */ #define M41T80_ALMON_SQWE (1 << 6) /* SQWE: SQW Enable Bit */ #define M41T80_ALHOUR_HT (1 << 6) /* HT: Halt Update Bit */ @@ -164,8 +166,12 @@ static int m41t80_get_datetime(struct i2 tm->tm_wday = buf[M41T80_REG_WDAY] & 0x07; tm->tm_mon = BCD2BIN(buf[M41T80_REG_MON] & 0x1f) - 1; - /* assume 20YY not 19YY, and ignore the Century Bit */ - tm->tm_year = BCD2BIN(buf[M41T80_REG_YEAR]) + 100; + /* Assume 1970-2169, taking the Century Bit into account. */ + tm->tm_year = BCD2BIN(buf[M41T80_REG_YEAR]); + if ((buf[M41T80_REG_HOUR] & M41T80_HOUR_CB) != 0) + tm->tm_year += 100; + if (tm->tm_year < 70) + tm->tm_year += 200; return 0; } @@ -196,8 +202,14 @@ static int m41t80_set_datetime(struct i2 BIN2BCD(tm->tm_mday) | (buf[M41T80_REG_DAY] & ~0x3f); buf[M41T80_REG_MON] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_mon + 1) | (buf[M41T80_REG_MON] & ~0x1f); - /* assume 20YY not 19YY */ + /* Assume 1970-2169 and set the Century Bit for 19YY/21YY. */ buf[M41T80_REG_YEAR] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_year % 100); + if ((tm->tm_year / 100) % 2 != 0) + buf[M41T80_REG_HOUR] |= M41T80_HOUR_CB; + else + buf[M41T80_REG_HOUR] &= ~M41T80_HOUR_CB; + /* Enable toggling of the Century Bit at the end of a century. ;-) */ + buf[M41T80_REG_HOUR] |= M41T80_HOUR_CEB; if (m41t80_write_block_data(client, M41T80_REG_SSEC, M41T80_DATETIME_REG_SIZE, buf) < 0) {