linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: pmk8350: Make RTC disabled by default; enable on sc7280-idp

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Message-ID: <CAD=FV=Ue-OUOOQTZnvtW1-88+NhzUp5nOo80OKT9Pgx27L0VkA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:13:08 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:     satya priya <skakit@...eaurora.org>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: pmk8350: Make RTC disabled by default;
 enable on sc7280-idp

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 8:54 PM Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon 18 Oct 16:45 CDT 2021, Doug Anderson wrote:
>
> > Bjorn,
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 9:00 PM <skakit@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 2021-09-30 04:08, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > > > The RTC on the pmk8350 is not useful on all boards. Some boards may
> > > > not provide backup power to the PMIC but might have another RTC on the
> > > > board that does have backup power. In this case it's better to not use
> > > > the RTC on the PMIC.
> > > >
> > > > At the moment, the only boards that includes this PMIC are sc7280-idp
> > > > and sc7280-idp2. On sc7280-idp I'm not aware of any other RTCs, but
> > > > sc7280-idp2 has a Chrome OS EC on it and this is intended to provide
> > > > the RTC for the AP.
> > > >
> > > > Let's do what we normally do for hardware that's not used by all
> > > > boards and set it to a default status of "disabled" and then enable it
> > > > on the boards that need it.
> > > >
> > > > NOTE: for sc7280-idp it's _possible_ we might also want to add
> > > > `allow-set-time;`. That could be the subject of a future patch if it
> > > > is indeed true.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Satya Priya <skakit@...eaurora.org>
> >
> > If you're still accepting patches for 5.16, it'd be keen if you'd
> > consider taking this one. Thanks!
> >
>
> I've picked the patch and hope to get it included in v5.16.
>
> I do however not understand why the commit message so clearly defines
> that the only device including pmk8350 is the sc7280 idp when the
> sm8350-mtp.dts contains the following line:
>
> #include "pmk8350.dtsi"
>
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but I took the liberty of also
> enabling the RTC in the SM8350 MTP.

Thank you for fixing this up. I must have just glazed over that part
of things. :( Glad you caught and fixed it.

-Doug