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From: jem@sauna.hut.fi (Johan Myreen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: /dev/clock
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Date: 14 Sep 90 07:11:00 GMT
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>From: Phil Budne <phil@Shiva.COM>
>I think /dev/clock should accept and return the date in "mmddyyhhmmss"
>format. Down with hardware dependant formats!!

I thought about that, but ended up using the same format as used in
the real time chip. An entry in the /dev directory should reflect the
hardware it is associated with, IMHO.

Anyway, I posted the patches to implement /dev/rtc yesterday. Let me
know if you have any problems with them.

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Johan Myreen
jem@cs.hut.fi