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

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Date:   Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:50:39 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>, 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 2019-12-12 15:02:41, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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.

That's not normally how it works for dts changes. Drivers and dts very
often have different maintainers, so there is preference for them to
go in separately.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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