Re: [PATCH 0/1] Enable to set RTC for beagleboard

[Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>]

On 06/15/2011 09:52 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On 06/15/11 12:48, Darren Hart wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/15/2011 06:31 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>>> On 06/15/11 09:25, Koen Kooi wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Op 15 jun 2011, om 15:21 heeft Bruce Ashfield het volgende
>>>> geschreven:
>>>>
>>>>> On 06/15/11 06:41, Jingdong Lu wrote:
>>>>>> From: Jingdong Lu<jingdong.lu@windriver.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ensure msecure is mux'd to be able to set the RTC for
>>>>>> beagleboard. Fixes bug [YOCTO #767]
>>>>>
>>>>> Jingdong,
>>>>>
>>>>> The fix looks reasonable to me, Darren has been refreshing the
>>>>> beagleboard support as well, so I've cc'd him here to see if we
>>>>> have this change present in the work in progress trees.
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> I do not have something similar queued.
>>
>>
>>>>> What tests did you run to ensure that the RTC worked on the
>>>>> beagleboard ? There was some debate around whether or not you
>>>>> needed an add-on card to get this functionality available ?
>>>>
>>>> You need to remove some resistors and add a battery, or add an
>>>> expansionboard like the zippy or zippy2, which have a DS1307 RTC
>>>> with battery.
>>>
>>> Thanks Koen,
>>>
>>> This confirms what I thought (zippy*), so clearly this is either a
>>> board with that setup, or runtime testing was .. unique. Either way,
>>> more details and research is needed for this one.
>>
>>
>> I'll wait to hear upstream status on this. Given the requirements for
>> use, I wouldn't mind just closing 767 as will not fix as it can't work
>> with the beagleboard out of the box anyway.
> 
> I'm ok with that resolution .. for the bug. But if the patch
> isn't already in another upstream tree, it's worth having
> (if benign to the rest of the variants) and then we can get
> it sent upstream from there.
> 
> I can change the bug's status if you like.


I want to hear back from Jingdong regarding this patch first. Is this
new code? If so, then yes, let's get it to mainline as Bruce suggested.


> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bruce
> 
>>
>>
>> --
>> Darren
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> Koen
>>>
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Darren Hart
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