Messages in this thread | | | From | Alessandro Zummo <> | Subject | Re: [RFE PATCH 2/2] rtc, add write functionality to sysfs | Date | Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:11:32 +0100 |
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On 22/feb/2013, at 22:05, John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 02/22/2013 12:55 PM, Prarit Bhargava wrote: >> >> On 02/22/2013 03:43 PM, John Stultz wrote: >>> On 02/14/2013 09:02 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote: >>>> /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/date and /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/time currently have >>>> read-only access. This patch introduces write functionality which will >>>> set the rtc time. >>>> >>>> Usage: echo YYYY-MM-DD > /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/date >>>> echo HH:MM:SS > /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/time >>> Why do we want to add a new interface here? >> John, >> >> I'm not adding a new interface. The current date/time interface only handles >> read and I'm introducing write. >> > > Right, but what benefit does that provide? > (I'm not saying there isn't any, its just not clear from your patch why this is a good thing.) > > Also CC'ing Alessandro for his input.
I'd like to keep the interfaces as simple as possible but I'm open to improvements if there are good use cases.
-- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo Tower Technologies
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