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Date:	Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:40:31 +0100
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] iio: add rtc-driver for HID sensors of type time

Am 09.12.2012 13:55, schrieb Lars-Peter Clausen:
> On 12/09/2012 01:21 PM, Alexander Holler wrote:
>> This driver makes the time from HID sensors (hubs) which are offering
>> such available like any other RTC does.
>>
>> Currently the time can only be read. Setting the time must be done
>> through sending a report, which currently isn't supported by
>> hid-sensor-hub.
>>
>> It is necessary that all values like year, month etc, are send as
>> 8bit values (1 byte each) and all of them in 1 report. Also the
>> spec HUTRR39b doesn't define the range of the year field, we
>> tread it as 0 - 99 because that's what most RTCs I know about are
>> offering.
>
> I don't think we should register a IIO device for this. Just an RTC device
> should be fully sufficient.
>

You would have to implement all the used services hid-sensor-hub offers 
in the rtc-driver again.

Regards,

Alexander

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