Re: [PATCH] rtc: ds1307: add trickle charger device tree binding

[Mark Rutland <mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 01:48:29PM +0100, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 01:42:16PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 01:24:52PM +0100, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:40:02AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> ...
> Someone wrote:
> > > > > > > > http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS1307.pdf
> > > > > > > > http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS1337.pdf
> > > > > > > > http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS1338.pdf
> > > > > > > > http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS1339.pdf
> > > > > > > > http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS1340.pdf
> > > > > > > > http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS1388.pdf
> > > > > > > > http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS3231.pdf
> ...
> > > > I would suggest we have two properties that describe the resistor's
> > > > rating and whether or not there is a diode:
> > > > 
> > > > trickle-resistor-ohms = <250>
> > > > diode-connected;
> > > 
> > > I much prefer this solution over my own suggestion.  With one small
> > > change, s/diode-connected/trickle-diode-enable/  Does that sound ok?
> > 
> > I'm not too keen on 'enable'; I was under the impression that this
> > described whether or not there was an external diode. Perhaps I've
> > misunderstood?
> 
> iiuc from the link ds1339 ds, the register configuration is enabling
> internal diodes and resistors for the trickle charge configuration.  I
> may have read it incorrectly, though.

Ok.

> In either case, my main point was to prepend 'trickle-' to the property
> to more accurately describe what it is toggling.

That's fine by me. My only concern was 'enable' due to the
internal/external confusion.

Thanks,
Mark.
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