linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.19-rc6 1/6] rtc class /proc/driver/rtc update

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Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:13:52 +0100
From:	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.19-rc6 1/6] rtc class /proc/driver/rtc update

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:17:19 -0800
David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:

> Fix two minor botches in the procfs dumping of RTC alarm status:
> 
>  - Stop confusing "alarm enabled" with "wakeup enabled".
> 
>  - Don't display bogus "irq pending/un-acked" status; those are the rather
>    pointless semantics EFI assigned to this (for a no-IRQs environment).

 I wouldn't change that, the /proc interface to rtc is old
 and should not be used anyhow. Here I'm trying to mimic
 the behaviour of the original one.

 sysfs provides a much better interface
 (once we'll have all the attributes exported, of course :) )

 I don't know if there's any user space tool relying on this.
 If yes, then it should be fixed.

 Any thoughts?

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it

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