Re: /proc/acpi/alarm -- does it work or not?

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> > pavel@amd:/data/l/linux$
> > 
> > ...but /proc/acpi/alarm still behaves very strangely:
> > 
> > 2006-01-00 12:42:00
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# echo '2006-01-01 12:34:56' > alarm
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# cat alarm
> > 2006-01-01 12:34:56
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# echo '2006-09-01 12:34:56' > alarm
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# cat alarm
> > 2006-01-01 12:34:56
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# echo '2006-01-09 12:34:56' > alarm
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# cat alarm
> > 2006-01-09 12:34:56
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# echo '2006-02-09 12:34:56' > alarm
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi# cat alarm
> > 2006-01-09 12:34:56
> > root@amd:/proc/acpi#
> > 
> > ...why does it hate february and september?
> No. Setting day, month, century for alarm is optional. This means your
> system doesn't support setting month and century. But maybe we should
> print some infos here ...

Yes, more info would be nice. What is "correct" way to test
if systen supports day/month/year/century in alarm?
						Pavel
-- 
Thanks, Sharp!