Re: PATCH: /proc/acpi/alarm: handle day-of-month wraparound on readback

[Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>]

Len Brown wrote:
> I don't have a /proc/acpi/alarm due to this:
> 
> #if defined(CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS) || defined(CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS_MODULE) || 
> !defined(CONFIG_X86)
> /* use /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/wakealarm instead; it's not ACPI-specific */
> #else
> #define HAVE_ACPI_LEGACY_ALARM
> #endif
..

Yeah.. bit of a nuisance that.
I regularly apply this patch to my own kernels:

--- old/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c	2008-01-06 16:39:45.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c	2008-01-06 17:35:35.000000000 -0500
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@
 }
 #endif				/* CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS) || defined(CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS_MODULE) || !defined(CONFIG_X86)
+//#if defined(CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS) || defined(CONFIG_RTC_DRV_CMOS_MODULE) || !defined(CONFIG_X86)
 /* use /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/wakealarm instead; it's not ACPI-specific */
-#else
+//#else
 #define	HAVE_ACPI_LEGACY_ALARM
-#endif
+//#endif
 
 #ifdef	HAVE_ACPI_LEGACY_ALARM