linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/11] rtc: renesas-rtca3: stop setting max_user

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Message-ID: <12f2e17e-15ee-40d3-90c6-e8e210b7da2e@tuxon.dev>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 17:00:30 +0200
From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>
To: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
 Joshua Kinard <linux@...ba.dev>,
 Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>,
 Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.rb@...esas.com>
Cc: linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] rtc: renesas-rtca3: stop setting max_user_freq



On 11/1/25 02:45, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> max_user_freq has not been related to the hardware RTC since commit
> 6610e0893b8b ("RTC: Rework RTC code to use timerqueue for events"). Stop
> setting it from individual driver to avoid confusing new contributors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>

> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-renesas-rtca3.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-renesas-rtca3.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-renesas-rtca3.c
> index ab816bdf0d77..a238ead6cf1a 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-renesas-rtca3.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-renesas-rtca3.c
> @@ -772,7 +772,6 @@ static int rtca3_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return PTR_ERR(priv->rtc_dev);
>  
>  	priv->rtc_dev->ops = &rtca3_ops;
> -	priv->rtc_dev->max_user_freq = 256;
>  	priv->rtc_dev->range_min = RTC_TIMESTAMP_BEGIN_2000;
>  	priv->rtc_dev->range_max = RTC_TIMESTAMP_END_2099;
>  
>