linux-kernel - Re: about selftests/rtc test related stuff

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Date:   Thu, 23 May 2019 19:47:39 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Jeffrin Thalakkottoor <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>
Cc:     a.zummo@...ertech.it, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: about selftests/rtc test related stuff

On 23/05/2019 22:29:36+0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
> I get the following result when i run "rtctest"
> please see the following....
> -----------------x------------------------x-----------------
> $pwd
> /home/jeffrin/upstream/linux-kselftest/tools/testing/selftests/rtc
> $./rtctest
> [==========] Running 7 tests from 2 test cases.
> [ RUN      ] rtc.date_read
> rtctest.c:32:rtc.date_read:Expected -1 (18446744073709551615) !=
> self->fd (18446744073709551615)
> rtc.date_read: Test terminated by assertion

Your user probably doesn't have access to the rtc device file.


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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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