add commandline tool to check rtc battery status

recipes-app/read-rtc-battery/files/src/CMakeLists.txt

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+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2019-2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Torsten Hahn <[email protected]>
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License.  See
+# COPYING.MIT file in the top-level directory.
+#
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+project(read-rtc-battery)
+include_directories(.)
+add_executable(readrtcbattery readrtcbattery.c)
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/usr")
+install(TARGETS readrtcbattery RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)

recipes-app/read-rtc-battery/files/src/readrtcbattery.c

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+/**
+* Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2019-2023
+*
+* Authors:
+*  Torsten Hahn <[email protected]>
+*
+* This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License.  See
+* COPYING.MIT file in the top-level directory.
+*
+**/
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <linux/rtc.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    int fd; // Device file path
+    int batteryStatus; // Status of battery 
+    int retval = 0; // Return value of ioctl function (-1 = Error)
+
+    // 1st step: Open Driver
+    fd = open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY);
+
+    // 2nd step: Display error in command line if the device
+    // file wasn't found and close application
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        printf("Device file not found\n");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    // 3rd step: Read out 
+    retval = ioctl(fd, RTC_VL_DATA_INVALID, &batteryStatus);
+
+    if (retval == -1) {
+        // 4th step: Display error in command line if the ioctl function isn't able to access 
+        // the specific function
+        printf("Error access ioctl function \n");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE; 
+    } else {
+        // 5th step: Print battery status
+        printf("Battery status (1 = Error) %d\n", batteryStatus);
+    }
+    close(fd);
+
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+} // main

recipes-app/read-rtc-battery/read-rtc-battery_0.1.bb

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+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2019-2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Torsten Hahn <[email protected]>
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License.  See
+# COPYING.MIT file in the top-level directory.
+#
+
+inherit dpkg
+
+DESCRIPTION = "Commandline tool to read the state of the rtc battery"
+MAINTAINER = "[email protected]"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://src"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/src"
+
+DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS = "cmake"
+DEBIAN_DEPENDS = "\${shlibs:Depends}"
+
+do_prepare_build[cleandirs] += "${S}/debian"
+
+do_prepare_build() {
+    deb_debianize
+}
+
+# propably correct permissions 
+

recipes-core/images/iot2050-image-example.bb

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL += " \
     libteec1 \
     optee-client-dev \
     tee-supplicant \
+    read-rtc-battery \
     "
 
 IOT2050_CORAL_SUPPORT ?= "1"