*/
 extern void platform_calibrate_ccount (void);
 
-/*
- * platform_get_rtc_time returns RTC seconds (returns 0 for no error)
- */
-extern int platform_get_rtc_time(time_t*);
-
-/*
- * platform_set_rtc_time set RTC seconds (returns 0 for no error)
- */
-extern int platform_set_rtc_time(time_t);
-
-
 #endif /* _XTENSA_PLATFORM_H */
 
 
 _F(void, idle, (void), { __asm__ __volatile__ ("waiti 0" ::: "memory"); });
 _F(void, heartbeat, (void), { });
 _F(int,  pcibios_fixup, (void), { return 0; });
-_F(int, get_rtc_time, (time_t* t), { return 0; });
-_F(int, set_rtc_time, (time_t t), { return 0; });
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XTENSA_CALIBRATE_CCOUNT
 _F(void, calibrate_ccount, (void),
 
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
-#include <linux/timex.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/timex.h>
 #include <asm/platform.h>
 
-
-DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rtc_lock);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_lock);
-
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_XTENSA_CALIBRATE_CCOUNT
 unsigned long ccount_per_jiffy;                /* per 1/HZ */
 unsigned long nsec_per_ccount;         /* nsec per ccount increment */
 #endif
 
-static long last_rtc_update = 0;
-
 static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
 static struct irqaction timer_irqaction = {
        .handler =      timer_interrupt,
 
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
-       time_t sec_o, sec_n = 0;
-
        /* The platform must provide a function to calibrate the processor
         * speed for the CALIBRATE.
         */
                        (int)(ccount_per_jiffy/(10000/HZ))%100);
 #endif
 
-       /* Set time from RTC (if provided) */
-
-       if (platform_get_rtc_time(&sec_o) == 0)
-               while (platform_get_rtc_time(&sec_n))
-                       if (sec_o != sec_n)
-                               break;
-
        xtime.tv_nsec = 0;
-       last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec = sec_n;
+       xtime.tv_sec = read_persistent_clock();
 
        set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic,
                -xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
                next += CCOUNT_PER_JIFFY;
                set_linux_timer(next);
 
-               if (ntp_synced() &&
-                   xtime.tv_sec - last_rtc_update >= 659 &&
-                   abs((xtime.tv_nsec/1000)-(1000000-1000000/HZ))<5000000/HZ) {
-
-                       if (platform_set_rtc_time(xtime.tv_sec+1) == 0)
-                               last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec+1;
-                       else
-                               /* Do it again in 60 s */
-                               last_rtc_update += 60;
-               }
                write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
        }