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Message-Id: <20071003021537.208621F9CA8@adsl-69-226-248-13.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:15:36 -0700 From: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> To: pavel@....cz Cc: rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it Subject: Re: RTC wakealarm write-only, still has 644 permissions > > > > root@amd:/sys/class/rtc/rtc0# cat wakealarm > > > > root@amd:/sys/class/rtc/rtc0# echo 132719 > wakealarm > > > > At which point I'd expect > > > > # echo $? > > > > would indicate the write failed. That's a LONG time in the > > past (January 2, 1970), so that setting would be rejected. > > echo $? says 0 here :-(. I stand corrected. What it should do -- and does -- in that case involves disabling the alarm, then succeeding. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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