[linux-dvb] Re: Hardware timer or controller for Power On/Off??

[frank.private@t-online.de (Frank Klingenhoefer)]

Hans-Hermann Redenius wrote:
> 
> Frank Klingenhoefer wrote:
> 
>  >It is possible to set the time  of wake up from within linux. You need
>  >kernel 2.4.6 or newer (or nvram.c must be patched).
[...]
>  >0x6e  error correction codes (Pruefsumme)
>  >
> 
> must i calculate this ore is this done by the module?
> 
Look at /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/nvram.c
AFAIK you can use ioctl(NVRAM_SETCKS).


> I use a p5a asus board. It wakes up 2 minutes before the next timer starts.
> I set the wake up time in the /dev/rtc, but set it in /dev/nvram is the
> correct way i think. In rtc you can't set the seconds and day of month.
> 
Setting alarm time in /proc/drivers/rtc doesen't work at all for me. 
Was your computer switched off? Or was it in a state like "suspend to
ram"?

-- 
Frank


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