linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 185/243] ARM: dts: sun8i: a23/a33: Fix up RTC device node

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:02:41 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 185/243] ARM: dts: sun8i: a23/a33: Fix up RTC device
 node

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 02:31:32PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > The RTC module on the A23 was claimed to be the same as on the A31, when
> > in fact it is not. The A31 does not have an RTC external clock output,
> > and its internal RC oscillator's average clock rate is not in the same
> > range. The A33's RTC is the same as the A23.
> > 
> > This patch fixes the compatible string and clock properties to conform
> > to the updated bindings. The register range is also fixed.
> 
> No, this is not okay for v4.19. New compatible is not in
> ./drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c, so this will completely break rtc support.

Good catch, I would have thought both of those would happen at the same
time.

Now dropped, thanks.

greg k-h