linux-kernel - Re: [rtc-linux] Re: PATCH: /proc/acpi/alarm: handle day-of-month wraparound on readback

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Date:	Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:57:06 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
Cc:	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: PATCH: /proc/acpi/alarm: handle day-of-month
 wraparound on readback

Alessandro Zummo wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:15:46 -0500
> Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> wrote:
> 
>> Yeah.. bit of a nuisance that.
>> I regularly apply this patch to my own kernels:
> 
>  While it will certainly work, maybe it's time to switch
>  to /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/wakealarm . 
..

Perhaps, but doing so would still leave the but in /proc/acpi/alarm,
so we need to fix it regardless.

Cheers
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