3 files changed, 8 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
index 89faacad5d17..1c4565a9102b 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ config GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ
 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
         def_bool y
 
+config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
+        def_bool y
+
 config GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
         def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/rtc.c b/arch/mn10300/kernel/rtc.c
index 7978470b5749..815a933aafa8 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/rtc.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/rtc.c
@@ -26,17 +26,15 @@ static long last_rtc_update;
 /* time for RTC to update itself in ioclks */
 static unsigned long mn10300_rtc_update_period;
 
-/*
- * read the current RTC time
- */
-unsigned long __init get_initial_rtc_time(void)
+void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 {
         struct rtc_time tm;
 
         get_rtc_time(&tm);
 
-        return mktime(tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday,
+        ts->tv_sec = mktime(tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday,
                       tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec);
+        ts->tv_nsec = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -110,24 +108,9 @@ static int set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long nowtime)
         return retval;
 }
 
-void check_rtc_time(void)
+int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now)
 {
-        /* the RTC clock just finished ticking over again this second
-         * - if we have an externally synchronized Linux clock, then update
-         *   RTC clock accordingly every ~11 minutes. set_rtc_mmss() has to be
-         *   called as close as possible to 500 ms before the new second starts.
-         */
-        if ((time_status & STA_UNSYNC) == 0 &&
-            xtime.tv_sec > last_rtc_update + 660 &&
-            xtime.tv_nsec / 1000 >= 500000 - ((unsigned) TICK_SIZE) / 2 &&
-            xtime.tv_nsec / 1000 <= 500000 + ((unsigned) TICK_SIZE) / 2
-            ) {
-                if (set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec) == 0)
-                        last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec;
-                else
-                        /* do it again in 60s */
-                        last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec - 600;
-        }
+        return set_rtc_mms(now.tv_sec);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/time.c b/arch/mn10300/kernel/time.c
index 395caf01b909..8f7f6d22783d 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/time.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
                 /* advance the kernel's time tracking system */
                 profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING);
                 do_timer(1);
-                check_rtc_time();
         }
 
         write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
@@ -139,9 +138,6 @@ void __init time_init(void)
                " (calibrated against RTC)\n",
                MN10300_TSCCLK / 1000000, (MN10300_TSCCLK / 10000) % 100);
 
-        xtime.tv_sec = get_initial_rtc_time();
-        xtime.tv_nsec = 0;
-
         mn10300_last_tsc = TMTSCBC;
 
         /* use timer 0 & 1 cascaded to tick at as close to HZ as possible */