The original driver will exit when detect rtc binary mode. In fact both the binary mode and bcd are supported --- drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c index b6d35f5..85c327e 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c @@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ cmos_do_probe(struct device *dev, struct resource *ports, int rtc_irq) * <asm-generic/rtc.h> doesn't know 12-hour mode either. */ if (is_valid_irq(rtc_irq) && - (!(rtc_control & RTC_24H) || (rtc_control & (RTC_DM_BINARY)))) { + (!(rtc_control & RTC_24H) /*|| (rtc_control & (RTC_DM_BINARY))*/)) { dev_dbg(dev, "only 24-hr BCD mode supported\n"); retval = -ENXIO; goto cleanup1; -- 1.5.6.5