Re: [PATCH 00/18] RTC subsystem

Kumar Gala
2006-03-28T16:25:58Z

On Mar 18, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Alessandro Zummo wrote:

>
> RTC subsystem.
>
> Original RFC available at http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/20/220
>
> Changelog. Between parentheses is the name
> of the person that suggested the change.
>
> - license and tristate for rtc-lib.c (Andrian Bunk)
> - added driver for ST M48T86
>
> The following patches have been incorporated:
>
> none
>
> The following items are in the TODO:
>
> - Documentation of exported functions
> - Handling of max_user_freq
> - 11 min ntp update mode

Alessandro, is there any mechanism to determine if an RTC is enabled
through /dev or sysfs?

The DS1672 has an enable counting bit in its I2C register interface.
I can have a set time enable it if its not, however I'd like to
report to user space the fact that its not enabled.

thanks

- kuamr