Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 27 Dec 2005 04:16:52 +0100 | | From | Alessandro Zummo <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] RTC subsystem, class |
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:16:57 +0100 Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > > > +int rtc_set_alarm(struct class_device *class_dev, struct rtc_wkalrm*alrm) > > > > > > Struct rtc_wake_alarm *alarm, those wovels are there for readability. > > > > I'm not the one who created this structure. It's defined > > in linux/rtc.h since a long time. I can only change alrm > > to alarm. > > Sorry if you are not responsible... Yes, alarm would be better. > > How does this relate to /proc/acpi/alarm, btw? Do they use same RTC > alarm?
Yes, they do. The ACPI subsystem does direct I/O on the cmos clock.
Given the complexity of the ACPI code, when/if the x86 rtc driver will be ported to the RTC subsystem, it would be wise to disable the alarm part if ACPI is compiled in.
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Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
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