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-rw-r--r--drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c36
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
index 4dc4af41c03d..491e8e4b300b 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
@@ -201,6 +201,37 @@ static ssize_t m48t86_nvram_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
static BIN_ATTR(nvram, 0644, m48t86_nvram_read, m48t86_nvram_write,
M48T86_NVRAM_LEN);
+/*
+ * The RTC is an optional feature at purchase time on some Technologic Systems
+ * boards. Verify that it actually exists by checking if the last two bytes
+ * of the NVRAM can be changed.
+ *
+ * This is based on the method used in their rtc7800.c example.
+ */
+static bool m48t86_verify_chip(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ unsigned int offset0 = M48T86_NVRAM(M48T86_NVRAM_LEN - 2);
+ unsigned int offset1 = M48T86_NVRAM(M48T86_NVRAM_LEN - 1);
+ unsigned char tmp0, tmp1;
+
+ tmp0 = m48t86_readb(&pdev->dev, offset0);
+ tmp1 = m48t86_readb(&pdev->dev, offset1);
+
+ m48t86_writeb(&pdev->dev, 0x00, offset0);
+ m48t86_writeb(&pdev->dev, 0x55, offset1);
+ if (m48t86_readb(&pdev->dev, offset1) == 0x55) {
+ m48t86_writeb(&pdev->dev, 0xaa, offset1);
+ if (m48t86_readb(&pdev->dev, offset1) == 0xaa &&
+ m48t86_readb(&pdev->dev, offset0) == 0x00) {
+ m48t86_writeb(&pdev->dev, tmp0, offset0);
+ m48t86_writeb(&pdev->dev, tmp1, offset1);
+
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
static int m48t86_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct m48t86_rtc_info *info;
@@ -231,6 +262,11 @@ static int m48t86_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, info);
+ if (!m48t86_verify_chip(pdev)) {
+ dev_info(&pdev->dev, "RTC not present\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
info->rtc = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, "m48t86",
&m48t86_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
if (IS_ERR(info->rtc))