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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix /proc/acpi/alarm BCD alarm encodings
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:18:32 -0400
Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote:

> >and note the "& 0x3f" which is done in BCD mode. Strange. But we always 
> >write zero (which may or may not be correct). So I'd have to add a mask to 
> >the interface, and I decided it wasn't worth it until somebody talks about 
> >how that thing actually works..
> 
> Linus, this is your patch from a few weeks ago.
> It (still) solves problems for me here.
> This should go into 2.6.24.
> 
> Fix BIN_TO_BCD()/BCD_TO_BIN() handling when setting the real-time alarm clock.

This patch is presently (stuck) in -mm.  I'll move it to my
must-be-in-2.6.24-even-if-the-maintainer-fluffs-it queue.