linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] rtc: pcf2127: only use watchdog when explicitly available

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Message-ID: <20201026204811.GD75353@piout.net>
Date:   Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:48:11 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@....com>
Cc:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Bruno Thomsen <bruno.thomsen@...il.com>,
        "linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "a.zummo@...ertech.it" <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        "linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org" <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "kernel@...gutronix.de" <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] rtc: pcf2127: only use watchdog when explicitly
 available

On 26/10/2020 07:23:26+0000, Qiang Zhao wrote:
> Any update for this patchset?
> 

The whole point would be to get the DT and the watchdog maintainers
agree on the property name. Once done, the driver implementation is
trivial and will get applied.

> Best Regards
> Qiang Zhao
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> > Sent: 2020年9月24日 18:53
> > To: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>; Qiang Zhao
> > <qiang.zhao@....com>; Bruno Thomsen <bruno.thomsen@...il.com>
> > Cc: linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org; a.zummo@...ertech.it;
> > linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org; devicetree@...r.kernel.org;
> > linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; robh+dt@...nel.org; kernel@...gutronix.de;
> > Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>; Guenter Roeck
> > <linux@...ck-us.net>
> > Subject: [PATCH 0/2] rtc: pcf2127: only use watchdog when explicitly available
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > now that there are two people stumbling over the pcf2127 driver providing a
> > non-functional watchdog device, here comes an RFC patch to address this.
> > 
> > Note this is only compile tested and dt-documentation is still missing.
> > Still send this series because the cleanup is nice independent of this discussion
> > and to have something to argue about.
> > 
> > Does someone can offer a better name than "has-watchdog", is there a scheme
> > that could be used already that I'm not aware of?
> > 
> > Best regards
> > Uwe
> > 
> > Uwe Kleine-König (2):
> >   rtc: pcf2127: move watchdog initialisation to a separate function
> >   [RFC] rtc: pcf2127: only use watchdog when explicitly available
> > 
> >  drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> >  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> > 
> > --
> > 2.28.0
> 

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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