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* [PATCH 1/2 RFC] rtc: Add ioctl to get/clear battery low voltage status
@ 2012-02-14 16:13 Alexander Stein
  2012-02-14 16:13 ` [PATCH 2/2 RFC] rtc-pcf8563: Add RTC_VL_READ/RTC_VL_CLR ioctl feature Alexander Stein
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From: Alexander Stein @ 2012-02-14 16:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alessandro Zummo; +Cc: rtc-linux, linux-kernel, Alexander Stein

Currently there is no generic way to get the RTC battery status within
an application. So add an ioctl to read the status bit.
The idea is that the bit is set once a low voltage is detected. It stays
there until it is reset using the RTC_VL_CLR ioctl.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
---
 include/linux/rtc.h |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index 93f4d03..1a6ec5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ struct rtc_pll_info {
 #define RTC_PLL_GET	_IOR('p', 0x11, struct rtc_pll_info)  /* Get PLL correction */
 #define RTC_PLL_SET	_IOW('p', 0x12, struct rtc_pll_info)  /* Set PLL correction */
 
+#define RTC_VL_READ	_IOR('p', 0x13, int)	/* Voltage low detector */
+#define RTC_VL_CLR	_IO('p', 0x14)		/* Clear voltage low information */
+
 /* interrupt flags */
 #define RTC_IRQF 0x80	/* Any of the following is active */
 #define RTC_PF 0x40	/* Periodic interrupt */
-- 
1.7.3.4


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2012-04-04 22:27   ` [rtc-linux] " Andrew Morton
2012-04-05  9:59     ` Jesper Nilsson
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2012-04-04 22:23 ` [rtc-linux] " Andrew Morton

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