linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: nintendo: Add a RTC driver for the GameCube, Wii and Wii U

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Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:09:49 +0200
From:   Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@...kmauve.fr>
To:     Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@...kmauve.fr>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        rw-r-r-0644 <r.r.qwertyuiop.r.r@...il.com>,
        Ash Logan <ash@...quark.com>,
        Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.ne@...teo.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: nintendo: Add a RTC driver for the GameCube, Wii
 and Wii U

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 07:05:27PM +0200, Emmanuel Gil Peyrot wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 06:45:54PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
[…]
> > >  drivers/rtc/rtc-nintendo.c | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > I'm not convinced this is a good name, seeing that the switch will
> > certainly not use this driver (neither is the snes mini).
> 
> Other subsystem maintainers have requested this to be changed, so I
> reflected it here too.  For instance hid requested a Wii U-specific
> driver to be merged with the Switch one.
> 
> Would rtc-gamecube be fine then?  So far I have only tested on Wii U,
> but this driver is expected to support all three generations of
> GameCube, Wii and Wii U.
> 

Another thing to note is that the Switch would be a Nvidia platform, and
the NES Mini an Allwinner platform.  This would leave the DS/DSi/3DS to
be a custom SoC with their own RTC implementation different from this
one.

-- 
Emmanuel Gil Peyrot

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