Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:22:45 +0200 | From | Uwe Kleine-König <> | Subject | Re: rtc_valid_tm doesn't check tm_wday |
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Hello Dave,
David Brownell wrote: > On Monday 28 April 2008, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm currently writing an rtc driver and want to use rtc_valid_tm to > > assert to have a valid date before writing it to the rtc. > > > > Now I wonder why rtc_valid_tm doesn't check tm_wday for being in the > > range [0 .. 6]. Is there a reason? > > As far as I know, the kernel doesn't use tm_wday, tm_yday, or > tm_isdst ... so none of those fields are expected to be valid. > See the rtc(4) manpage. Thanks.
I still want to write the correct value to the rtc, so I will assert dirctly in the driver that it's valid.
Best regards, Uwe
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