mplayer: remove Linux RTC support

This used /dev/rtc for timing. /dev/rtc root only by default, and I
have a hard time believing that the standard OS functions are not good
enough. (Even if not, support for POSIX high resolution timers should
be added instead, see clock_gettime() and others.)

cfg-mplayer.h

@@ -880,10 +880,6 @@ const m_option_t mplayer_opts[]={
     OPT_INTRANGE("autosync", autosync, 0, 0, 10000),
 
     OPT_FLAG_ON("softsleep", softsleep, 0),
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
-    OPT_MAKE_FLAGS("rtc", rtc, 0),
-    OPT_STRING("rtc-device", rtc_device, 0),
-#endif
 
     OPT_CHOICE("term-osd", term_osd, M_OPT_IMPLICIT_DEFAULT,
                ({"force", 1},

configure

@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ Optional features:
   --disable-tv-v4l2      disable Video4Linux2 TV interface [autodetect]
   --disable-tv-bsdbt848  disable BSD BT848 interface [autodetect]
   --disable-pvr          disable Video4Linux2 MPEG PVR [autodetect]
-  --disable-rtc          disable RTC (/dev/rtc) on Linux [autodetect]
   --disable-networking   disable networking [enable]
   --enable-winsock2_h    enable winsock2_h [autodetect]
   --enable-smb           enable Samba (SMB) input [autodetect]
@@ -486,7 +485,6 @@ _dvb=auto
 _v4l2=auto
 _iconv=auto
 _langinfo=auto
-_rtc=auto
 _ossaudio=auto
 _rsound=auto
 _pulse=auto
@@ -737,8 +735,6 @@ for ac_option do
   --disable-iconv)      _iconv=no       ;;
   --enable-langinfo)    _langinfo=yes   ;;
   --disable-langinfo)   _langinfo=no    ;;
-  --enable-rtc)         _rtc=yes        ;;
-  --disable-rtc)        _rtc=no         ;;
   --enable-libdv)       _libdv=yes      ;;
   --disable-libdv)      _libdv=no       ;;
   --enable-ossaudio)    _ossaudio=yes   ;;
@@ -3389,30 +3385,6 @@ fi
 echores "$_zlib"
 
 
-echocheck "RTC"
-if test "$_rtc" = auto ; then
-  cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <linux/rtc.h>
-#else
-#include <rtc.h>
-#define RTC_PIE_ON RTCIO_PIE_ON
-#endif
-int main(void) { return RTC_PIE_ON; }
-EOF
-  _rtc=no
-  cc_check && _rtc=yes
-  ppc && _rtc=no
-fi
-if test "$_rtc" = yes ; then
-  def_rtc='#define HAVE_RTC 1'
-else
-  def_rtc='#undef HAVE_RTC'
-fi
-echores "$_rtc"
-
-
 echocheck "mad support"
 if test "$_mad" = auto ; then
   _mad=no
@@ -4629,7 +4601,6 @@ $def_macosx_finder
 $def_priority
 $def_quicktime
 $def_restrict_keyword
-$def_rtc
 
 
 /* configurable options */

mplayer.c

@@ -109,16 +109,6 @@ float start_volume = -1;
 
 char *heartbeat_cmd;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <linux/rtc.h>
-#else
-#include <rtc.h>
-#define RTC_IRQP_SET RTCIO_IRQP_SET
-#define RTC_PIE_ON   RTCIO_PIE_ON
-#endif /* __linux__ */
-#endif /* HAVE_RTC */
-
 #include "stream/tv.h"
 #include "stream/stream_radio.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_DVBIN
@@ -1975,25 +1965,7 @@ static int check_framedrop(struct MPContext *mpctx, double frame_time)
     return 0;
 }
 
-
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
-int rtc_fd = -1;
-#endif
-
 static float timing_sleep(struct MPContext *mpctx, float time_frame)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
-    if (rtc_fd >= 0) {
-        // -------- RTC -----------
-        while (time_frame > 0.000) {
-            unsigned long rtc_ts;
-            if (read(rtc_fd, &rtc_ts, sizeof(rtc_ts)) <= 0)
-                mp_tmsg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_ERR,
-                        "Linux RTC read error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-            time_frame -= get_relative_time(mpctx);
-        }
-    } else
-#endif
 {
     // assume kernel HZ=100 for softsleep, works with larger HZ but with
     // unnecessarily high CPU usage
@@ -2010,7 +1982,6 @@ static float timing_sleep(struct MPContext *mpctx, float time_frame)
         while (time_frame > 0)
             time_frame -= get_relative_time(mpctx);  // burn the CPU
     }
-    }
     return time_frame;
 }
 
@@ -3872,40 +3843,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     mpctx->osd = osd_create(opts, mpctx->ass_library);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_RTC
-    if (opts->rtc) {
-        char *rtc_device = opts->rtc_device;
-        // seteuid(0); /* Can't hurt to try to get root here */
-        if ((rtc_fd = open(rtc_device ? rtc_device : "/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-            mp_tmsg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_WARN, "Failed to open %s: %s "
-                    "(it should be readable by the user.)\n",
-                    rtc_device ? rtc_device : "/dev/rtc", strerror(errno));
-        else {
-            unsigned long irqp = 1024; /* 512 seemed OK. 128 is jerky. */
-
-            if (ioctl(rtc_fd, RTC_IRQP_SET, irqp) < 0) {
-                mp_tmsg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_WARN, "Linux RTC init error in "
-                        "ioctl (rtc_irqp_set %lu): %s\n",
-                        irqp, strerror(errno));
-                mp_tmsg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_HINT, "Try adding \"echo %lu > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq\" to your system startup scripts.\n", irqp);
-                close(rtc_fd);
-                rtc_fd = -1;
-            } else if (ioctl(rtc_fd, RTC_PIE_ON, 0) < 0) {
-                /* variable only by the root */
-                mp_tmsg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_ERR, "Linux RTC init error in "
-                        "ioctl (rtc_pie_on): %s\n", strerror(errno));
-                close(rtc_fd);
-                rtc_fd = -1;
-            } else
-                mp_tmsg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_V,
-                        "Using Linux hardware RTC timing (%ldHz).\n", irqp);
-        }
-    }
-    if (rtc_fd < 0)
-#endif /* HAVE_RTC */
-    mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER, MSGL_V, "Using %s timing\n",
-           opts->softsleep ? "software" : timer_name);
-
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMCAP
     load_termcap(NULL); // load key-codes
 #endif

options.h

@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     float hr_seek_demuxer_offset;
     int autosync;
     int softsleep;
-    int rtc;
-    char *rtc_device;
     int term_osd;
     char *term_osd_esc;
     char *playing_msg;