linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sun6i: hummingbird: Add aliases for rtc devices

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Message-ID: <20151001101126.GD7104@lukather>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:11:26 +0200
From:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sun6i: hummingbird: Add aliases for rtc devices

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 04:15:37PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> The hummingbird A31 has 2 rtc devices available: one in the SoC, and
> a pcf8563 external rtc on i2c2.
> 
> For some unknown reason, the onboard backup battery to power the
> internal rtc when power is removed, and its time would reset. Hence
> we want to use the external one by default.

The patch looks fine, but I'm not sure to understand the first
sentence of that paragraph :/

Maxime

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