[patch] tweak driver documentation for rtc periodic

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Wed Nov 07 2007 - 04:17:22 EST


The max_user_freq member is not really meant for RTC drivers to modify, so
update the rtc documentation so drivers writers know what is expected of them
when handling periodic events.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/Documentation/rtc.txt b/Documentation/rtc.txt
index c931d61..6153790 100644
--- a/Documentation/rtc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rtc.txt
@@ -180,9 +180,10 @@ driver returns ENOIOCTLCMD. Some common examples:
* RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ: the irq_set_freq function will be called
to set the frequency while the framework will handle the read for you
since the frequency is stored in the irq_freq member of the rtc_device
- structure. Also make sure you set the max_user_freq member in your
- initialization routines so the framework can sanity check the user
- input for you.
+ structure. Your driver needs to initialize the irq_freq member during
+ init. Make sure you check the requested frequency is in range of your
+ hardware in the irq_set_freq function. If you cannot actually change
+ the frequency, just return -ENOTTY.

If all else fails, check out the rtc-test.c driver!

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