Re: [RFE PATCH 2/2] rtc, add write functionality to sysfs

[Prarit Bhargava]

On 02/22/2013 03:43 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> On 02/14/2013 09:02 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>> /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/date and /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/time currently have
>> read-only access.  This patch introduces write functionality which will
>> set the rtc time.
>>
>> Usage: echo YYYY-MM-DD > /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/date
>>         echo HH:MM:SS > /sys/class/rtc/rtcX/time
> 
> Why do we want to add a new interface here?

John,

I'm not adding a new interface.  The current date/time interface only handles
read and I'm introducing write.

Sorry -- maybe my description was too short ...

P.

> 
> thanks
> -john
> 
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