[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] mc146818rtc: update registers after a format change

[Aurelien Jarno]

For some unknown reason, the MIPS kernel briefly changes the RTC to
binary mode during boot, switch back to BCD mode and read the time. As
the registers are updated only every second, they may still be in the
old format when they are read.

This patch forces a register update immediately after a format change
(BCD/binary or 12/24H). This avoid long fsck during boot due to time
wrap.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <address@hidden>
---
 hw/mc146818rtc.c |   10 +++++++++-
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/mc146818rtc.c b/hw/mc146818rtc.c
index ec7c4ec..a1b0e31 100644
--- a/hw/mc146818rtc.c
+++ b/hw/mc146818rtc.c
@@ -247,7 +247,15 @@ static void cmos_ioport_write(void *opaque, uint32_t addr, 
uint32_t data)
                     rtc_set_time(s);
                 }
             }
-            s->cmos_data[RTC_REG_B] = data;
+            if (((s->cmos_data[RTC_REG_B] ^ data) & (REG_B_DM | REG_B_24H)) &&
+                !(data & REG_B_SET)) {
+                /* If the time format has changed and not in set mode,
+                   update the registers immediately. */
+                s->cmos_data[RTC_REG_B] = data;
+                rtc_copy_date(s);
+            } else {
+                s->cmos_data[RTC_REG_B] = data;
+            }
             rtc_timer_update(s, qemu_get_clock(rtc_clock));
             break;
         case RTC_REG_C:
-- 
1.7.2.3