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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:51:35 +0200
From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
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Subject: Re: rtc: how should I handle an invalid state?
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:19:24 +0200
Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@digi.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm still stuck with my rtc.  My current problem is setting the rtc
> using hwclock --systohc.
> 
> The problem is that hwclock tries to read the current time before
> setting the new one.  And if that fails, it doesn't update the rtc.

 That's a bug of hwclock. :( The correct behaviour for a driver
 is to return an error if the clock cannot be read.

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it