[rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] rtc: hym8563: make sure hym8563 can be normal work

[Xing Zheng <zhengxing@rock-chips.com>]

On 2015=E5=B9=B409=E6=9C=8817=E6=97=A5 20:31, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 17/09/2015 at 14:07:47 +0200, Heiko St=C3=BCbner wrote :
>> Am Donnerstag, 17. September 2015, 18:39:28 schrieb Xing Zheng:
>>> The rtc hym8563 maybe failed to register if first startup or rtc
>>> powerdown:
>>> [    0.988540 ] rtc-hym8563 1-0051: no valid clock/calendar values avai=
lable
>>> [    0.995642 ] rtc-hym8563 1-0051: rtc core: registered hym8563 as rtc=
0 [
>>>    1.078985 ] rtc-hym8563 1-0051: no valid clock/calendar values availa=
ble [
>>>     1.085698 ] rtc-hym8563 1-0051: hctosys: unable to read the hardware
>>> clock
>>>
>>> We can set initial time for rtc and register it:
>>> [    0.995678 ] rtc-hym8563 1-0051: rtc core: registered hym8563 as rtc=
0
>>> [    1.080313 ] rtc-hym8563 1-0051: setting system clock to 2000-01-01
>>> 00:02:00 UTC (946684920)
>> hmm, not setting a false date was actually intentional when I did the dr=
iver.
>>
>> In my mind it is better to shout and keep programs from using wrong valu=
es
>> than to set some arbitary date and let programs silently use this wrong =
value.
>>
> Indeed, I find it worse to set a wrong value instead of returning an
> error. Userspace has to define its policy when reading the time fails.
>
OK, I got it, this patch will be abandoned at next version.
Thanks.

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