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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index 9531845c419f..11d05f9fe8b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ extern void rtc_device_unregister(struct rtc_device *rtc);
 extern int rtc_read_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm);
 extern int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm);
 extern int rtc_set_mmss(struct rtc_device *rtc, unsigned long secs);
+extern int rtc_set_ntp_time(struct timespec now);
 int __rtc_read_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_wkalrm *alarm);
 extern int rtc_read_alarm(struct rtc_device *rtc,
                         struct rtc_wkalrm *alrm);