linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] rtc-2123: access the clock offset feature

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 07:30:48 -0800
From:	Joshua Clayton <stillcompiling@...il.com>
To:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] rtc-2123: access the clock offset feature

On Wednesday, November 04, 2015 07:36:31 AM Joshua Clayton wrote:
> Greetings,
> This series was prompted by a need to adjust the clock rate of the rtc
> The existing code performs a soft reset during probe, which wipes out
> several registers including the offset register, which performs adjustments
> to the clock rate.
> 
> The first several patches are cleanup, with patch 5 and 6 avoiding the reset,
> and patch 9 adding a nice sysfs interface to the clock offset.
> 
> I know that this is not the only rtc to provide a programmable clock offset
> I wonder if this interface would make a good addition to the rtc api?
> 
> The rtc chips I have seen list their clock adjustments in parts per million.
> I went with parts per billion, since the ppm listed was listed with a
> fractional component.
> 
> Joshua Clayton (9):
>   rtc-pcf2123: Document all registers and useful bits
>   rtc-pcf2123: clean up reads from the chip
>   rtc-pcf2123: clean up writes to the rtc chip
>   rtc-pcf2123: replace magic numbers with defines
>   rtc-pcf2123: put the chip reset into a function
>   rtc-pcf2123: avoid resetting the clock if possible
>   rtc-pcf2123: allow sysfs to accept hexidecimal
>   rtc-pcf2123: use sysfs groups
>   rtc-pcf2123: adjust the clock rate via sysfs
> 
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2123.c | 391 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 257 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-)
> 
> 
Any comments on this series?
I realize now that I submitted it during the merge window, so it may have been overlooked.

-- 
~Joshua Clayton
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