rtc_irq_set_state(9)

✨ rtc_irq_set_state(9) ✨

okay so this is the rtc_irq_set_state(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about turning periodic IRQs on and off, bestie. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

rtc_irq_set_state — enable/disable 2^N Hz periodic IRQs

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int rtc_irq_set_state (struct rtc_device *rtc , int enabled );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• rtc — the rtc device. like, the actual real-time clock thing you're messing with 🕰️
• enabled — true to enable periodic IRQs. yes bestie, true means turn it on, periodt ✨

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✨ CONTEXT ✨

any. literally any context, no cap. do it wherever, whenever 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea 🍵 — you gotta note that rtc_irq_set_freq should previously have been used to specify the desired frequency of the periodic IRQ. like, set the freq first, then call this. don't skip steps, bestie 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/rtc/interface.c
• rtc_read_next_alarm(9)
• rtc_handle_legacy_irq(9)
• rtc_aie_update_irq(9)
• rtc_uie_update_irq(9)
• rtc_pie_update_irq(9)
• rtc_update_irq(9)
• rtc_irq_set_freq(9)
• rtc_timer_enqueue(9)
• rtc_timer_remove(9)
• rtc_timer_do_work(9)
• rtc_read_offset(9)
• rtc_set_offset(9)

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so yeah, that's the whole vibe 💖 this page is from ./drivers/rtc, dated October 2026, and the manual page is rtc_irq_set_state(9) — slay ✨🎀🦋