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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/25] lib, rtc: Print rtc_time via %pt[dt][rv]
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
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On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 12:57 -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> On 07/18/2017 10:50 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-06-08 at 16:47 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > Recently I have noticed too many users of struct rtc_time that
> > > printing
> > > its content field by field.
> > > 
> > > In this series I introduce %pt[dt][rv] specifier to make life a
> > > bit
> > > easier.
> > 
> > Hey Andy.
> > 
> > I just saw a patch with a printk for rtc time from Mark Salyzyn.
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/18/885
> > 
> > Any idea if you want to push this extension?
> > 
> > I like the concept and still think it could be extended a bit more.
> > 
> > from: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/6/8/1134
> > 
> > My preference would be for %pt[type]<output style>
> > where <type> is mandatory and could be:
> > 
> >          r for struct rtc_time
> >          6 for time64_t
> >          k for ktime_t
> >          T for struct timespec64
> >          etc
> > 
> > and <output style> has an unspecified default of
> > YYYY-MM-DD:hh:mm:ss
> > 
> > Perhaps use the "date" formats without the leading
> > % uses for <output style> for additional styles.
> > 
> 
> YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.nnnnnnnnn ?

As a separate modifier, yes.

See my answer to subthread in patch 4.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy