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Documentation: rtc: move iotcl interface documentation to ABI 

The ioctl interface should be in Documentation/ABI along with the rest
of the interfaces.

Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>
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What: /dev/rtcX
Date: April 2005
KernelVersion: 2.6.12
Contact: linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org
Description:
The ioctl interface to drivers for real-time clocks (RTCs).
Following actions are supported:
* RTC_RD_TIME, RTC_SET_TIME: Read or set the RTC time. Time
format is a Gregorian calendar date and 24 hour wall clock
time.
* RTC_AIE_ON, RTC_AIE_OFF: Enable or disable the alarm interrupt
for RTCs that support alarms
* RTC_ALM_READ, RTC_ALM_SET: Read or set the alarm time for
RTCs that support alarms. Can be set upto 24 hours in the
future. Requires a separate RTC_AIE_ON call to enable the
alarm interrupt. (Prefer to use RTC_WKALM_*)
* RTC_WKALM_RD, RTC_WKALM_SET: For RTCs that support a more
powerful interface, which can issue alarms beyond 24 hours and
enable IRQs in the same request.
* RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF: Enable or disable the periodic
interrupt for RTCs that support periodic interrupts.
* RTC_UIE_ON, RTC_UIE_OFF: Enable or disable the update
interrupt for RTCs that support it.
* RTC_IRQP_READ, RTC_IRQP_SET: Read or set the frequency for
periodic interrupts for RTCs that support periodic interrupts.
Requires a separate RTC_PIE_ON call to enable the periodic
interrupts.
The ioctl() calls supported by the older /dev/rtc interface are
also supported by the newer RTC class framework. However,
because the chips and systems are not standardized, some PC/AT
functionality might not be provided. And in the same way, some
newer features -- including those enabled by ACPI -- are exposed
by the RTC class framework, but can't be supported by the older
driver.

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the system clock from the discrete RTC, but use the integrated one for all
other tasks, because of its greater functionality.
IOCTL interface
---------------
The ioctl() calls supported by /dev/rtc are also supported by the RTC class
framework. However, because the chips and systems are not standardized,
some PC/AT functionality might not be provided. And in the same way, some
newer features -- including those enabled by ACPI -- are exposed by the
RTC class framework, but can't be supported by the older driver.
* RTC_RD_TIME, RTC_SET_TIME ... every RTC supports at least reading
time, returning the result as a Gregorian calendar date and 24 hour
wall clock time. To be most useful, this time may also be updated.
* RTC_AIE_ON, RTC_AIE_OFF, RTC_ALM_SET, RTC_ALM_READ ... when the RTC
is connected to an IRQ line, it can often issue an alarm IRQ up to
24 hours in the future. (Use RTC_WKALM_* by preference.)
* RTC_WKALM_SET, RTC_WKALM_RD ... RTCs that can issue alarms beyond
the next 24 hours use a slightly more powerful API, which supports
setting the longer alarm time and enabling its IRQ using a single
request (using the same model as EFI firmware).
* RTC_UIE_ON, RTC_UIE_OFF ... if the RTC offers IRQs, the RTC framework
will emulate this mechanism.
* RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF, RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ ... these icotls
are emulated via a kernel hrtimer.
In many cases, the RTC alarm can be a system wake event, used to force
Linux out of a low power sleep state (or hibernation) back to a fully
operational state. For example, a system could enter a deep power saving
state until it's time to execute some scheduled tasks.
Note that many of these ioctls are handled by the common rtc-dev interface.
Some common examples:
* RTC_RD_TIME, RTC_SET_TIME: the read_time/set_time functions will be
called with appropriate values.
* RTC_ALM_SET, RTC_ALM_READ, RTC_WKALM_SET, RTC_WKALM_RD: gets or sets
the alarm rtc_timer. May call the set_alarm driver function.
* RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_IRQP_READ: These are emulated by the generic code.
* RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF: These are also emulated by the generic code.
If all else fails, check out the tools/testing/selftests/timers/rtctest.c test!
Check out tools/testing/selftests/timers/rtctest.c for an example usage of the
ioctl interface.