mc146818_get_time(9)

💅 mc146818_get_time(9) 💅

hiii bestie 🫶 welcome to the Kernel API Manual!!! This is the page for mc146818_get_time, and it’s literally about getting the current time from the RTC. Not me being obsessed with a clock, but here we are. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

• mc146818_get_time — Get the current time from the RTC.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the signature is right here, character for character, no cap:

int mc146818_get_time (struct rtc_time *time , int timeout );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• time — pointer to struct rtc_time to store the current time.
• timeout — timeout value in ms.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So basically, this function reads the current time from the RTC and stores it in the provided struct rtc_time. That’s the whole vibe. The timeout parameter specifies the maximum time to wait for the RTC to become ready. Like, give the RTC a sec to get its life together, but only up to timeout ms. ⏳

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success. slay. 👑
• -ETIMEDOUT if the RTC did not become ready within the specified timeout. oop—timeout behavior, bestie.
• or another error code if an error occurred. iykyk, errors happen. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/rtc/rtc-mc146818-lib.c — go read the source, it’s right there. 📖✨

xoxo 💖 this page is from the ./drivers/rtc source, dated October 2026, and it’s all mc146818_get_time(9) energy. mwah 💋