Re: [PATCH] hwclock: add support for RTC_VL_READ/RTC_VL_CLR ioctls

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On 20/06/2023 12.22, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 11:30:07AM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> On 20/06/2023 11.26, Karel Zak wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 12:14:28PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>>>>  sys-utils/hwclock-rtc.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  sys-utils/hwclock.c     | 35 +++++++++++++++++
>>>>  sys-utils/hwclock.h     |  5 +++
>>>>  3 files changed, 126 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> The patch looks good. Can we also get something for sys-utils/hwclock.8.adoc
>>> (man page) and bash-completion/hwclock? ;-)
>>
>> Absolutely. I just didn't want to spend too much time on docs if the
>> feature was deemed out-of-scope or if significant changes to e.g. the
>> option names or other API was required.
> 
> Good point. Option names are always the funny part ;-). 
> 
> At first glance, I thought that --voltage-low-clear was too long and
> that it would be better to follow the ioctl names. However, upon
> further consideration, I realize that we already have longer options
> in util-linux. So perhaps, choosing --voltage-low-clear and
> --voltage-low-read wouldn't be such a bad choice after all.
> 
> What do you think?

I prefer the current, shorter names. There's also precedent in the form
of --param-get, which isn't --parameter-get.

>> Can I send the docs as a separate follow-up patch, or should I send a v2
>> with all changes in one?
> 
> Select what is better for you ;-)

OK, thanks. I won't get to it anyway until probably tomorrow, and unless
I hear otherwise, I'll just keep the current names etc. and send a
separate doc update patch.

Rasmus




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