linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] rtc: fix type information of rtc-proc

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Message-ID: <5643F3FC.8000102@huawei.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:05:48 +0800
From:	"Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
CC:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux <rtc-linux@...glegroups.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Xinwei Hu <huxinwei@...wei.com>,
	Tianhong Ding <dingtianhong@...wei.com>,
	Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] rtc: fix type information of rtc-proc



On 2015/11/11 18:54, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 11/11/2015 at 09:06:51 +0800, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote :
>> Hi, all
>>
>> I'm sorry. Maybe I didn't describe clearly enough before. These words are finally
>> shown to the end user. The end user maybe not a programmer, abbreviation word is unsuitable.
>>
> 
> Yes, that is exactly m point. What if an end user currently has a
> program parsing the file and looking for alrm_time or alrm_date? After
> updating his kernel, the program won't work anymore which is something
> we don't want.

OK. I see. Thanks.

> 
>>
>> cat /proc/driver/rtc
>>
>> rtc_time        : 00:47:43
>> rtc_date        : 2015-11-11
>> alrm_time       : 03:27:58				//alrm_time --> alarm_time
>> alrm_date       : 2015-10-08				//alrm_date --> alarm_date
>> alarm_IRQ       : no
>> alrm_pending    : no					//alrm_pending --> alarm_pending
>> update IRQ enabled      : no
>>
>>
> 

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