From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Message-Id: <200012192225.WAA00449@raistlin.arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 0 to 59
To: oxymoron@waste.org (Oliver Xymoron)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:25:24 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net (Matthew Dharm), Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012191510570.18938-100000@waste.org> from "Oliver Xymoron" at Dec 19, 2000 03:13:03 PM
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Oliver Xymoron writes:
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Russell King wrote:
> > So, why don't we update the hours and be done with it?  We would have to
> > play the same game with the days of the month vs hours.  Also, we don't
> > know if the CMOS clock is programmed for UTC time or not (the kernel's
> > idea of time is UTC.  Your CMOS may be programmed for EST for instance).
> 
> Sounds like its still broken then - there are time zones which are not
> even multiples of 60 minutes.

Correct; please examine the code and you will find the answer to this.
Specifically, look at the lines around the following comment:

	/* correct for half hour time zone */
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  |   |         Russell King        rmk@arm.linux.org.uk      --- ---
  | | | | http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html   /  /  |
  | +-+-+                                                     --- -+-
  /   |               THE developer of ARM Linux              |+| /|\
 /  | | |                                                     ---  |
    +-+-+ -------------------------------------------------  /\\\  |
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