linux-kernel - Re: RTC wakealarm write-only, still has 644 permissions

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Date:	Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:03:15 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: RTC wakealarm write-only, still has 644 permissions

On Sunday 02 December 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Anyway, with wildcarded dates, no-clobber is a problem -- because you
> need to kill the alarm after you waken up, or it will repeat.

And I've started to fix that problem.  Alarms need to
act only in oneshot mode for other reasons too.

- Dave
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