On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:50:06PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 11:35:35AM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> >
> > > Instead of having hard-coded values, we should maybe do something
> > > more variable like:
> > > if (year >= (20 + YEARS_SINCE_2000) && year < (48 + YEARS_SINCE_2000)
> > > ...
> >
> > This looks reasonable.
> >
> > > This applies to other platforms using different epoch vaules as
> > > well, of course...
> >
> > Alpha appears to be the only one.
>
> ./driver/char/rtc.c:rtc_init()
> #if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__mips__)
> [...]
>
> MIPS does that as well _in the wrong way_ compared to rtc.c:
> ./arch/mips/dev/time.c:time_init()
> /*
> * The DECstation RTC is used as a TOY (Time Of Year).
> * The PROM will reset the year to either '70, '71 or '72.
> * This hack will only work until Dec 31 2001.
> */
> year += 1928;
This has already been fixed. In any case the DECstation RTC stuff is so
weird, don't try to explain it rationally ...
> Fehler eingestehen, Größe zeigen: Nehmt die Rechtschreibreform zurück!!!
Rechtschreibdeformation ...
Ralf
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