Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add mmap method to rtc character driver

Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-25T18:32:58Z

> > 3) this will negate the power gain you get for tickless kernels, since
> > now they need to start ticking again ;( )
> >
> That is true, but only in the case where someone opens up /dev/rtc, and if they
> open that driver and send it a UIE or PIE ioctl, it will start ticking
> regardless of this patch (or that is at least my impression).

but.. if that's X like you said.. then it's basically "always"...

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