linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] DS1341 support and code cleanup

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:32:19 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
Cc:	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cphealy@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] DS1341 support and code cleanup

Hi,

On 21/06/2016 at 00:18:22 -0700, Andrey Smirnov wrote :
> Hi everyone,
> 
> This set is a v2 of the DS1307 driver patches. Changes since v1:
> 
>  - Devicetree bindings are separated into a separate commit
> 
>  - Device tree properties now have vendor specific prefixes and
>    documenatation explicitly stating their type
> 
>  - Three more patches, with improvements to rtctest.c, are added to
>    the patchset
> 



> Any feedback is appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> Andrey Smirnov
> 
> Andrey Smirnov (17):
>   RTC: ds1307: Add DS1341 variant
>   RTC: ds1307: Disable square wave and timers as default
>   RTC: ds1307: Add devicetree bindings for DS1341
>   RTC: ds1307: Add DS1341 specific power-saving options
>   RTC: ds1307: Convert ds1307_can_wakeup_device into a predicate
>   RTC: ds1307: Convert want_irq into a predicate

I'll have to triple check that one, it breaks in thousand different
ways, every time someone touches that code :)

>   RTC: ds1307: Move chip configuration into a separate routine
>   RTC: ds1307: Move chip sanity checking into a separate routine

I'm not sure about the cleanup in those two patches yet, It moves a lot
of code and the readability improvement is not obvious

>   RTC: ds1307: Remove register "cache"
>   RTC: ds1307: Constify struct ds1307 where possible
>   RTC: ds1307: Convert goto to a loop
>   RTC: ds1307: Redefine RX8025_REG_* to minimize extra code
>   RTC: ds1307: Report oscillator problems more intelligently
>   RTC: ds1307: Move last bits of sanity checking out of chip_configure

>   RTC: rtctest: Change alarm IRQ support detection
>   RTC: rtctest: Change no IRQ detection for RTC_IRQP_READ
>   RTC: rtctest: Change no IRQ detection for RTC_IRQP_SET

I already had patches for that issue in a development tree, I'll see if
they match what I did.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com