Re: [PATCH] RTC: RK808: fix the rtc time reading issue

[Sonny Rao]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Chris Zhong <zyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> After we set the GET_TIME bit, the rtc time couldn't be read immediately,
> we should wait up to 31.25 us, about one cycle of 32khz. Otherwise reading
> RTC time will return a old time. If clear the GET_TIME bit after setting,
> the time of i2c transfer certainly more than 31.25us.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Zhong <zyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-rk808.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rk808.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rk808.c
> index df42257..8dae322 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rk808.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rk808.c
> @@ -67,15 +67,20 @@ static int rk808_rtc_readtime(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
>         /* Force an update of the shadowed registers right now */
>         ret = regmap_update_bits(rk808->regmap, RK808_RTC_CTRL_REG,
>                                  BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME,
> -                                0);
> +                                BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME);
>         if (ret) {
>                 dev_err(dev, "Failed to update bits rtc_ctrl: %d\n", ret);
>                 return ret;
>         }
>
> +       /* After we set the GET_TIME bit, the rtc time couldn't be read
> +        * immediately, we should wait up to 31.25 us, about one cycle of
> +        * 32khz. If we clear the GET_TIME bit here, the time of i2c transfer
> +        * certainly more than 31.25us.
> +        */

Chris, it looks like you swapped the set and the clear of this bit,
and you're relying on the fact that the i2c transaction takes a
certain amount of time after the RTC_GET_TIME BIT is set.   I'm not
sure how long it actually takes, but why not just put in a usleep()
for the minimum wait time?

>         ret = regmap_update_bits(rk808->regmap, RK808_RTC_CTRL_REG,
>                                  BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME,
> -                                BIT_RTC_CTRL_REG_RTC_GET_TIME);
> +                                0);
>         if (ret) {
>                 dev_err(dev, "Failed to update bits rtc_ctrl: %d\n", ret);
>                 return ret;
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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