By the way, another longstanding bug in this /proc/acpi/... code is: > @@ -336,11 +328,11 @@ acpi_system_write_alarm(struct file *fil > * to the RTC area of memory. > */ > if (acpi_gbl_FADT.day_alarm) > - CMOS_WRITE(day, acpi_gbl_FADT.day_alarm); > + cmos_bcd_write(day, acpi_gbl_FADT.day_alarm, rtc_control); > if (acpi_gbl_FADT.month_alarm) > - CMOS_WRITE(mo, acpi_gbl_FADT.month_alarm); > + cmos_bcd_write(mo, acpi_gbl_FADT.month_alarm, rtc_control); > if (acpi_gbl_FADT.century) > - CMOS_WRITE(yr / 100, acpi_gbl_FADT.century); > + cmos_bcd_write(yr / 100, acpi_gbl_FADT.century, rtc_control); The "century" field is unrelated to the alarm. It's purely a way to distinguish 19xx vs 20xx (and 21xx, etc). > /* enable the rtc alarm interrupt */ > rtc_control |= RTC_AIE; > CMOS_WRITE(rtc_control, RTC_CONTROL); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html