Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH 1/7] Blackfin RTC driver: the frequency function is in units of Hz, not units of seconds, so lock our driver down to 1 Hz

On Dec 4, 2007 11:49 AM, Alessandro Zummo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:47:56 -0500
> "Mike Frysinger" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > the return of ENOTTY is to say "changing of freq isnt supported", not
> > that the value is invalid.  but i can get the same behavior by
> > deleting the function as the rtc-dev layer will take care of returning
> > ENOTTY.
> >
> > so the behavior is for the RTC_IRQP_SET ioctl:
> >  - return ENOTTY if you cannot change freq
> >    - the rtc-dev layer will do this for you if you do not set irq_set_freq
> >  - return EINVAL if the requested freq is not within the capabilities
> > of the hardware
> >
> > sound about right ?
>
>  yes, it is. I agree about deleting it.

so, merge this patch and i'll follow up with another to delete the
func and update the documentation ?
-mike
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