From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux-I+IVW8TIWO2tmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org>
To: Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/51] rtc: stop using rtc deprecated functions
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:19:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170621091948.GP4902@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170621083907.y3gadsmsoufa5niv-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:39:07AM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 21/06/2017 at 09:51:52 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > If someone uses different threshold, well, there will be
> > confusion. But only for users that have their rtc set to the past,
> > which is quite unusual.
> >
>
> Or not, having an RTC set in the past is actually quite common. I'd find
> it weird to have a new device boot and be set to a date in the future.
... and that basically means you can't use hardware that stores RTC
time as a 32-bit number of seconds past 2106.
> Also note that the threshold or offset thing may seem like a good idea
> but fails with many RTCs because of how they handle leap years.
Not for the case being discussed. A 32-bit counter of seconds knows
nothing about leap years - all that is handled by the conversion
functions.
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-20 21:35 [PATCH 00/51] rtc: stop using rtc deprecated functions Alexandre Belloni
[not found] ` <20170620213507.urobmtg34vzubrdq-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-20 22:00 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-06-20 22:38 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-06-21 7:51 ` Pavel Machek
2017-06-21 8:39 ` Alexandre Belloni
[not found] ` <20170621083907.y3gadsmsoufa5niv-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-21 6:34 ` Pavel Machek
2017-06-21 12:35 ` Alexandre Belloni
[not found] ` <20170621123535.b5fvwlydfhnhuqll-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-21 18:08 ` Pavel Machek
2017-06-21 9:19 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
[not found] ` <20170621091948.GP4902-l+eeeJia6m9URfEZ8mYm6t73F7V6hmMc@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-21 9:41 ` Alexandre Belloni
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2017-06-20 9:35 Benjamin Gaignard
[not found] ` <1497951359-13334-1-git-send-email-benjamin.gaignard-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-20 10:03 ` Alexandre Belloni
[not found] ` <20170620100348.zh4ygvjjgnhxvmvl-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-20 10:07 ` Alexandre Belloni
2017-06-20 12:10 ` Pavel Machek
2017-06-20 12:24 ` Alexandre Belloni
[not found] ` <20170620122400.sm7qqvwyj6cuzarw-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-20 13:26 ` Pavel Machek
2017-06-20 13:37 ` Steve Twiss
[not found] ` <6ED8E3B22081A4459DAC7699F3695FB7018CD96FCD-68WUHU125fLzLL1Oxlh9IgLouzNaz+3S@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-20 13:44 ` Pavel Machek
2017-06-20 13:48 ` Alexandre Belloni
[not found] ` <20170620134827.ubvzhh25klaotupv-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-20 15:07 ` Benjamin Gaignard
[not found] ` <CA+M3ks68+z6nDtYM8CDpso7SxjB6Nt5E=rOc1yxx=kDz6PUeVQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-20 21:15 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
[not found] ` <20170620211536.GM4902-l+eeeJia6m9URfEZ8mYm6t73F7V6hmMc@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-21 9:26 ` David Laight
[not found] ` <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6DD00278C0-VkEWCZq2GCInGFn1LkZF6NBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-21 9:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-06-20 22:08 ` Pavel Machek
2017-06-21 9:14 ` Benjamin Gaignard
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