Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add platform data structure to Ricoh RS5C372 driver

[Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:45:49AM +0900, Alexey Kopytko wrote:
> From: Alexey Kopytko <alexey@kopytko.ru>
> 
> This patch enables a platform developer to choose which alarm register to use.
> It adds and properly initializes platform data structure.
> 
> ---
> RS5C_REG_ALARM_B_MIN is used to store power state in
> Buffalo Linkstation Mini and some other Linkstations.
> Tested with and without platform data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Kopytko <alexey@kopytko.ru>
> 
[snip]

> +#ifndef _LINUX_RTC_RS5C372_H_
> +#define _LINUX_RTC_RS5C372_H_
> +
> +#define RS5C_REG_ALARM_A_MIN	8			/* or ALARM_W */
> +#define RS5C_REG_ALARM_A_HOURS	9
> +#define RS5C_REG_ALARM_A_WDAY	10
> +
> +#define RS5C_REG_ALARM_B_MIN	11			/* or ALARM_D */
> +#define RS5C_REG_ALARM_B_HOURS	12
> +#define RS5C_REG_ALARM_B_WDAY	13			/* (ALARM_B only) */
> +
> +struct rs5c_plat_data {
> +	/* What alarm regs to use */
> +	int alarm_min;
> +	int alarm_hours;
> +};

I don't think this is a meaningful abstraction. Pushing this sort of
knowledge in to the platform code is pretty ugly, especially when the
only distinction you need is whether to use the A set or the B set.

Given that, you could simply have a flags field in the platform data and
use one bit to test in the driver for using the B set of registers (A is
always the default otherwise).