Re: [PATCH 1/4] rtc: sa1100: enable/disable rtc when probe/removethe device

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Mon Dec 03 2012 - 04:49:10 EST


On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 10:53:07AM +0800, Chao Xie wrote:
> I want to correct what i said. For the irq register/unregister i think
> can be done at open/release. But for clock enable/disable, i do not
> think so. If clock is disabled, as i think RTC will not work. User API
> still use open->get_time->close for "date" command. It means that RTC
> will not return correct date to user.

"I think" is not good enough for patches like this. Please test it.

On SA11x0 and PXA platforms, the clock for the sa1100-rtc is a dummy
clock; it has no effect. For MMP, I don't have access to the TRMs so
that's something you're going to have to find out.
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