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Bug 1707139 - DS3231 RTC Module doesn't work properly
Summary: DS3231 RTC Module doesn't work properly
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: rawhide
Hardware: armhfp
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: ARMTracker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-05-06 21:28 UTC by Michael
Modified: 2021-06-12 15:24 UTC (History)
21 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2021-06-12 15:24:11 UTC
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Description Michael 2019-05-06 21:28:23 UTC 
Description of problem:
I have DS3231 RTC Module that works fine under centos arm arch, but under Fedora arm arch I can't get current date and time from this hardware RTC clock

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
last updates

Steps to Reproduce:
1. connect DS3231 RTC to Raspberry Pi 3 
2. add options to file /boot/efi/config.txt
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
dtoverlay=upstream,i2c-rtc,ds3231
3. create file
echo -e "i2c-dev" >> /etc/modules-load.d/i2c.conf
4. dnf -y install i2c-tools && reboot

Actual results:
dmesg shows
hctosys: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)

sudo hwclock -r
hwclock: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
hwclock: Use the --verbose option to see the details of our search for an access method.


Expected results:
hwclock have to get actual time from hardwate RTC


Additional info:

sudo hwclock -r --verbose
hwclock из util-linux 2.33.2
System Time: 1557177406.430509
Trying to open: /dev/rtc0
Trying to open: /dev/rtc
Trying to open: /dev/misc/rtc
hwclock: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.
Comment 1 Michael 2019-06-08 08:52:09 UTC 
I've fixed my problem. I added new systemd unit

cat >> /lib/systemd/system/ebb_hwclock.service

[Unit]
Description=EBB RTC Service
Before=getty.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c "/bin/echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device"
ExecStart=/sbin/hwclock -s -f /dev/rtc1
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target



Then enable new unit and reboot system

sudo systemctl enable ebb_hwclock
sudo reboot
Comment 2 Peter Robinson 2020-04-14 07:36:18 UTC 
This is nothing to do with i2c-tools.
Comment 3 Peter Robinson 2021-06-12 15:24:11 UTC 
There's documentation on how to use HATs with Fedora here: https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Architectures/ARM/Raspberry_Pi/HATs

The hw clock support was improved in F-34.
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