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Initializing I2C RTC (DS3231) on Raspberry PI bootup with Systemd without recompiling the kernel or devicetree support.
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rtc-i2c
# /etc/conf.d/rtc-i2c
#
# My chip is actually a ds3231n, but ds1307 driver works fine (ds3232 does not!)
#
CHIP="ds1307"
ADDRESS="0x68"
BUS="1"
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rtc-i2c.conf
# /etc/modules-load.d/rtc-i2c.conf
i2c-dev
i2c_bcm2708
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rtc-i2c.rules
# /etc/udev/rules.d/rtc-i2c.rules
#
# I would prefer to put SUBSYSTEMS="i2c",
# but for some reason it's not working on my system.
#
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM="rtc", ATTRS{hctosys}=="0", RUN+="/usr/bin/hwclock -s --utc"
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rtc-i2c.service
# /lib/systemd/system/rtc-i2c.service
[Unit]
Description=Initialize i2c hardware RTC device driver
DefaultDependencies=no
Requires=systemd-modules-load.service
After=systemd-modules-load.service
Before=sysvinit.target
ConditionPathExists=/sys/class/i2c-adapter
Conflicts=shutdown.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/rtc-i2c
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "echo ${CHIP} ${ADDRESS} > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-${BUS}/new_device"
[Install]
WantedBy=sysinit.target
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solsticedhiver commented Jan 31, 2019 •
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I link to my setup/fork. Here is what is working for me: https://gist.github.com/Lahorde/2bc5e4a3b69fc6ca5797#gistcomment-2825294

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