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From: a.zummo@towertech.it (Alessandro Zummo)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:36:34 +0100
Subject: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH V3] ARM: NUC900: add RTC driver support
	for  nuc910 and nuc920
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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:51:24 +0800
Hu Ruihuan <specter118@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think you should lock irq before the serial read and write to the
> REG_RTC_RIER register.

 the lock seems not used anymore. the rtc framework has some locking
 of his own, driver authors are suggested to check if it's enough.

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