/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+/*
+ * All these chips have at least 64 bytes of address space, shared by
+ * RTC registers and NVRAM.  Most of those bytes of NVRAM are used
+ * by boot firmware.  Modern chips have 128 or 256 bytes.
+ */
+
+#define NVRAM_OFFSET   (RTC_REG_D + 1)
+
+static ssize_t
+cmos_nvram_read(struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *attr,
+               char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
+{
+       int     retval;
+
+       if (unlikely(off >= attr->size))
+               return 0;
+       if ((off + count) > attr->size)
+               count = attr->size - off;
+
+       spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+       for (retval = 0, off += NVRAM_OFFSET; count--; retval++, off++)
+               *buf++ = CMOS_READ(off);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+
+       return retval;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+cmos_nvram_write(struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *attr,
+               char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
+{
+       struct cmos_rtc *cmos;
+       int             retval;
+
+       cmos = dev_get_drvdata(container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj));
+       if (unlikely(off >= attr->size))
+               return -EFBIG;
+       if ((off + count) > attr->size)
+               count = attr->size - off;
+
+       /* NOTE:  on at least PCs and Ataris, the boot firmware uses a
+        * checksum on part of the NVRAM data.  That's currently ignored
+        * here.  If userspace is smart enough to know what fields of
+        * NVRAM to update, updating checksums is also part of its job.
+        */
+       spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+       for (retval = 0, off += NVRAM_OFFSET; count--; retval++, off++) {
+               /* don't trash RTC registers */
+               if (off == cmos->day_alrm
+                               || off == cmos->mon_alrm
+                               || off == cmos->century)
+                       buf++;
+               else
+                       CMOS_WRITE(*buf++, off);
+       }
+       spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+
+       return retval;
+}
+
+static struct bin_attribute nvram = {
+       .attr = {
+               .name   = "nvram",
+               .mode   = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+               .owner  = THIS_MODULE,
+       },
+
+       .read   = cmos_nvram_read,
+       .write  = cmos_nvram_write,
+       /* size gets set up later */
+};
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 static struct cmos_rtc cmos_rtc;
 
 static irqreturn_t cmos_interrupt(int irq, void *p)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PNP
-#define        is_pnp()        1
 #define        INITSECTION
 
 #else
-#define        is_pnp()        0
 #define        INITSECTION     __init
 #endif
 
        struct cmos_rtc_board_info      *info = dev->platform_data;
        int                             retval = 0;
        unsigned char                   rtc_control;
+       unsigned                        address_space;
 
        /* there can be only one ... */
        if (cmos_rtc.dev)
        cmos_rtc.irq = rtc_irq;
        cmos_rtc.iomem = ports;
 
+       /* Heuristic to deduce NVRAM size ... do what the legacy NVRAM
+        * driver did, but don't reject unknown configs.   Old hardware
+        * won't address 128 bytes, and for now we ignore the way newer
+        * chips can address 256 bytes (using two more i/o ports).
+        */
+#if    defined(CONFIG_ATARI)
+       address_space = 64;
+#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__arm__)
+       address_space = 128;
+#else
+#warning Assuming 128 bytes of RTC+NVRAM address space, not 64 bytes.
+       address_space = 128;
+#endif
+
        /* For ACPI systems extension info comes from the FADT.  On others,
         * board specific setup provides it as appropriate.  Systems where
         * the alarm IRQ isn't automatically a wakeup IRQ (like ACPI, and
         * some almost-clones) can provide hooks to make that behave.
+        *
+        * Note that ACPI doesn't preclude putting these registers into
+        * "extended" areas of the chip, including some that we won't yet
+        * expect CMOS_READ and friends to handle.
         */
        if (info) {
-               cmos_rtc.day_alrm = info->rtc_day_alarm;
-               cmos_rtc.mon_alrm = info->rtc_mon_alarm;
-               cmos_rtc.century = info->rtc_century;
+               if (info->rtc_day_alarm && info->rtc_day_alarm < 128)
+                       cmos_rtc.day_alrm = info->rtc_day_alarm;
+               if (info->rtc_mon_alarm && info->rtc_mon_alarm < 128)
+                       cmos_rtc.mon_alrm = info->rtc_mon_alarm;
+               if (info->rtc_century && info->rtc_century < 128)
+                       cmos_rtc.century = info->rtc_century;
 
                if (info->wake_on && info->wake_off) {
                        cmos_rtc.wake_on = info->wake_on;
                goto cleanup1;
        }
 
-       /* REVISIT optionally make 50 or 114 bytes NVRAM available,
-        * like rtc-ds1553, rtc-ds1742 ... this will often include
-        * registers for century, and day/month alarm.
-        */
+       /* export at least the first block of NVRAM */
+       nvram.size = address_space - NVRAM_OFFSET;
+       retval = sysfs_create_bin_file(&dev->kobj, &nvram);
+       if (retval < 0) {
+               dev_dbg(dev, "can't create nvram file? %d\n", retval);
+               goto cleanup2;
+       }
 
        pr_info("%s: alarms up to one %s%s\n",
                        cmos_rtc.rtc->dev.bus_id,
 
        return 0;
 
+cleanup2:
+       if (is_valid_irq(rtc_irq))
+               free_irq(rtc_irq, cmos_rtc.rtc);
 cleanup1:
        cmos_rtc.dev = NULL;
        rtc_device_unregister(cmos_rtc.rtc);
 
        cmos_do_shutdown();
 
+       sysfs_remove_bin_file(&dev->kobj, &nvram);
+
        if (is_valid_irq(cmos->irq))
                free_irq(cmos->irq, cmos->rtc);
 
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-/* The "CMOS" RTC normally lives on the platform_bus.  On ACPI systems,
- * the device node will always be created as a PNPACPI device.  Plus
- * pre-ACPI PCs probably list it in the PNPBIOS tables.
+/* On non-x86 systems, a "CMOS" RTC lives most naturally on platform_bus.
+ * ACPI systems always list these as PNPACPI devices, and pre-ACPI PCs
+ * probably list them in similar PNPBIOS tables; so PNP is more common.
+ *
+ * We don't use legacy "poke at the hardware" probing.  Ancient PCs that
+ * predate even PNPBIOS should set up platform_bus devices.
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PNP