linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] rtc-cmos: Clear expired alarm after resume

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Date:	Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:46:26 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
Cc:	a.zummo@...ertech.it, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, matthew.garrett@...ula.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rtc-cmos: Clear expired alarm after resume

Hi,

On 01/06/2016 at 17:40:14 +0200, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote :
> If the system wakes up because of a wake alarm, the internal state
> of the alarm is not updated. As consequence, the state no longer
> reflects the actual state of the hardware and setting a new alarm
> is not possible until the expired alarm is cleared.
> 

I'm not completely sure to understand what is happening but could you
check whether that one is solved by
2b2f5ff00f63847d95adad6289bd8b05f5983dd5 in my tree (rtc-next).


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Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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