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SubjectRe: RTC subsystem and fractions of seconds
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 07:49:00PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> > Those rtc's actually have a 1/100th of second
> > register. Should the generic rtc interface not support that?
>
> Are you implying a new userspace API, or just an in-kernel update?
>
> Either way, that raises the question of what other features should
> be included. What sub-second precision? Multiple alarms? Ways
> to manage output clocks? Sub-HZ periodic alarms?

One usefull addition for my needs and with a m41t81 is the support of
the calibration of the rtc. However this can perhaps be hidden in the
.set_mmss function.

Philippe

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