Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: pmk8350: Make RTC disabled by default; enable on sc7280-idp

[Doug Anderson]

Bjorn,

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 9:00 PM <skakit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2021-09-30 04:08, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > The RTC on the pmk8350 is not useful on all boards. Some boards may
> > not provide backup power to the PMIC but might have another RTC on the
> > board that does have backup power. In this case it's better to not use
> > the RTC on the PMIC.
> >
> > At the moment, the only boards that includes this PMIC are sc7280-idp
> > and sc7280-idp2. On sc7280-idp I'm not aware of any other RTCs, but
> > sc7280-idp2 has a Chrome OS EC on it and this is intended to provide
> > the RTC for the AP.
> >
> > Let's do what we normally do for hardware that's not used by all
> > boards and set it to a default status of "disabled" and then enable it
> > on the boards that need it.
> >
> > NOTE: for sc7280-idp it's _possible_ we might also want to add
> > `allow-set-time;`. That could be the subject of a future patch if it
> > is indeed true.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
>
> Reviewed-by: Satya Priya <skakit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If you're still accepting patches for 5.16, it'd be keen if you'd
consider taking this one. Thanks!

-Doug