linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] rtc: max77686: Use usleep

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:37:25 +0900
From:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
To:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] rtc: max77686: Use usleep_range() instead of msleep()

On 21.01.2016 02:14, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt suggest to use usleep_range()
> instead of msleep() for small msec (1ms - 20ms) since msleep() will
> often sleep for 20ms for any value in that range.
> 
> This is fine in this case since 16ms is the _minimum_ delay required
> by max77686 for an RTC update but by using usleep_range() instead of
> msleep(), the driver can support other RTC IP blocks with a shorter
> minium delay (i.e: in the range of usecs insted of msecs).

s/minium/minimum/
s/insted/instead/

> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-max77686.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>

Best regards,
Krzysztof