Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: rtc: nxp,pcf8563: add hiz-output property

From: Javier Carrasco
Date: Tue Jan 30 2024 - 16:34:45 EST


Hello Alexandre,

On 26.10.23 11:56, Alexandre Belloni wrote:

> There is a pin named INTA, it can mux 4 different functions:
>
> - clock output
> - battery mode indication
> - interrupt
> - HiZ
>
> with pinmuxing, you can select which function you want for the pin. I'm
> not sure what is misused there.
>
> Can you explain what is your actual use case? I'm starting to understand
> that what you want is simply disable clock out because you are not using
> the interrupt.
>
> If we assume we are never going to use battery mode, then we could
> simply used the CCF for this like the other RTC drivers.
>

Could you please point me to an RTC driver that uses the CCF for a
similar application? I am not sure what you mean with the battery mode
to make use of the HiZ, and I would like to push forward with this
functionality.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Javier Carrasco