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Message-ID: <20080826161353.6326f6e2@i1501.lan.towertech.it> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:13:53 +0200 From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@...ertech.it> To: rtc-linux@...glegroups.com Cc: will.newton@...il.com, "Steven A. Falco" <sfalco@...ris.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [RFC] Driver for Real Time Clock chip ST M41T65 On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:00:03 +0100 "Will Newton" <will.newton@...il.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Steven A. Falco <sfalco@...ris.com> wrote: > >>> I will be using a Real Time Clock chip, ST M41T65, on a new embedded system. > >>> The chip is quite similar to the M41T8x family, which already has driver > >>> rtc-m41t80.c. > >>> > >>> Would it be more acceptible to generalize rtc-m41t80.c (perhaps renaming it to > >>> rtc-m41txx.c) or would it be better to create a new rtc-m41t6x.c? > > > > Thanks for the feedback. Here is a respin which addresses your comments. > > > > I'd also like to know if I should submit a new driver or mod the existing > > one. If I mod the existing one, should it be renamed, should I update the > > Kconfig, existing defconfigs, etc? Given the small amount of changes, I would use the existing driver without renaming it. -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy http://www.towertech.it -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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