Re: [PATCH] Fix /proc/acpi/alarm BCD alarm encodings

2007-10-25 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:18:32 -0400 > > Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >and note the "& 0x3f" which is done in BCD mode. Strange. But we alway

Re: [PATCH] Fix /proc/acpi/alarm BCD alarm encodings

2007-10-25 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:18:32 -0400 > Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >and note the "& 0x3f" which is done in BCD mode. Strange. But we always > > >write zero (which may or may not be correct). So I'd have to add a mask to > > >the interfa

Re: [PATCH] Fix /proc/acpi/alarm BCD alarm encodings

2007-10-18 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:18:32 -0400 Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >and note the "& 0x3f" which is done in BCD mode. Strange. But we always > >write zero (which may or may not be correct). So I'd have to add a mask to > >the interface, and I decided it wasn't worth it until somebody talks