From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 5/6] rtc: max77xxx: add RTC driver for Maxim MAX77xxx series RTC IP Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:06:08 +0900 Message-ID: <569594F0.4020007@samsung.com> References: <1452590273-16421-1-git-send-email-ldewangan@nvidia.com> <1452590273-16421-6-git-send-email-ldewangan@nvidia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-reply-to: <1452590273-16421-6-git-send-email-ldewangan@nvidia.com> Sender: linux-gpio-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Laxman Dewangan , robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, galak@codeaurora.org, linus.walleij@linaro.org, gnurou@gmail.com, lee.jones@linaro.org, broonie@kernel.org, a.zummo@towertech.it, alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com Cc: lgirdwood@gmail.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com, swarren@nvidia.com, treding@nvidia.com List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 12.01.2016 18:17, Laxman Dewangan wrote: > Maxim Semiconductor's PMIC MAX77620, MAX77686, MAX20024 have > same RTC IP on these PMICs. > > Add generic MAX77xxxx series RTC driver which can be used as > RTC driver for these PMIC and avoids duplication of RTC driver > for each PMICs. Their MFD driver can be different here. > > Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan > --- > Changes from V1: > - Rename the file to rtc-max77xxx.c and make the generic implementation. > - Direct regmap apis are used for the register access. > - Decouped from max77620 driver. > - Taken care of cleanup comments form V1 version. > > drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 10 + > drivers/rtc/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/rtc/rtc-max77xxx.c | 500 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 511 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/rtc/rtc-max77xxx.c > > diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig > index 376322f..4972dd5 100644 > --- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig > @@ -315,6 +315,16 @@ config RTC_DRV_MAX8997 > This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module > will be called rtc-max8997. > > +config RTC_DRV_MAX77XXX > + tristate "Maxim MAX77XXX series generic RTC driver" > + help > + If you say yes here you will get support for the generic RTC driver > + for Maxim Semiconductor MAX77XXX series of PMIC like MAX77620. > + This also supports the RTC driver for Maxim PMIC MaX20024 which > + is almost same as MAX77620. > + This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module > + will be called rtc-max77xxx. > + That was not the consensus... You still added a new driver - but now with different name. That is useless duplication Please work with existing code. Use existing maxim RTC drivers: either max77686 or max77802. There is no need for new one. Best regards, Krzysztof