Re: [PATCH 16/24] rtc: pm8xxx: add support for nvmem offset

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 02/02/2023 16:12:33+0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 05:05:03PM +0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > On 27/01/2023 16:51:27+0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> 
> > > > > @@ -380,9 +478,23 @@ static int pm8xxx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > > >  	rtc_dd->allow_set_time = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
> > > > >  						      "allow-set-time");
> > > > >  
> > > > > +	rtc_dd->nvmem_cell = devm_nvmem_cell_get(&pdev->dev, "offset");
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe we should get something more specific than just "offset" so this
> > > > could be parsed in the RTC core at some point (this is the second RTC to
> > > > behave like this)
> > > 
> > > Yes, that thought crossed my mind, but it's an nvmem cell name (label)
> > > and not a generic devicetree property. If you look at the binding
> > > document I think the name makes sense given the current description, and
> > > I'm not sure changing to something like 'base' would be much of an
> > > improvement.
> > > 
> > > I also don't expect there to be more broken RTCs out there like these
> > > ones. Hopefully Qualcomm will even get this fixed at some point
> > > themselves.
> > > 
> > > And I assume you were think of the old Atmel driver which uses a timer
> > > counter and a scratch register as a base? That one is also a bit
> > > different in that the timer can be reset, just not set.
> > 
> > Nope, I'm thinking about the gamecube one and probably the nintendo
> > switch one which seems to behave similarly (no driver in the kernel
> > though).
> 
> Found the gamecube one now (misread you comment above to imply that it
> was also out of tree).
> 
> That one is also different in that the timer in that RTC can also be
> set (e.g. like the atmel one), but for consistency with some firmware an
> offset also needs to be read from SRAM (not NVRAM) and applied. That
> offset is also never updated by Linux.

Yeah, I deally, the gamecube counter shouldn't be updated, the switch
one doesn't seem to be updatable. I guess the idea being that games need
to be able to know if you are messing with the RTC to get an advantage.


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