linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4 v5 RESEND] rtc: add rtc-driver for HID sensors of type time

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1301041017540.9143@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2013 10:18:24 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4 v5 RESEND] rtc: add rtc-driver for HID sensors of
 type time

On Thu, 3 Jan 2013, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > This driver makes the time from HID sensors (hubs) which are offering
> > such available like any other RTC does.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > Currently the time can only be read. Setting the time must be done
> > through sending a report (or a feature). The spec currently doesn't
> > define how and I'm not sure if I just should define something by myself.
> > 
> 
> Looks OK to me.  It sounds like Jonathan will be merging these patches
> when he's happy with them - please do proceed that way.

Yes, fine by me as well -- that's why I have provided by explicit Acks to 
those.

Jonathan, are you taking those, please?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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