Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add mmap method to rtc character driver | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:32:55 +0200 |
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> > 3) this will negate the power gain you get for tickless kernels, since > > now they need to start ticking again ;( ) > > > That is true, but only in the case where someone opens up /dev/rtc, and if they > open that driver and send it a UIE or PIE ioctl, it will start ticking > regardless of this patch (or that is at least my impression).
but.. if that's X like you said.. then it's basically "always"...
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