Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: dts: omap5-board-common: enable rtc and charging of backup battery

From: H. Nikolaus Schaller
Date: Fri Jan 08 2016 - 14:32:00 EST



Am 08.01.2016 um 20:04 schrieb Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> * H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [160108 10:33]:
>> Am 08.01.2016 um 19:15 schrieb Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> * H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [160108 09:50]:
>>>
>>>> So I think it is something which is unstable in 4.4-rc8 that is (probably) fixed in
>>>> linux-next and unrelated to this DT patch.
>>>>
>>>> But I have no hint or idea what it is.
>>>
>>> Or something hangs the RTC? And the back-up battery has to drain to
>>> reset the RTC somehow?
>>
>> Indeed it could be something like this. I already suspected that it depends
>> on boot order of some components.
>>
>> But you get the /dev/rtc and /sys/class/rtc nodes? This is what this patch
>> should enable (and not fix potential driver issues).
>
> Yes no problems with $subject patch. It's just the we also need
> to figure out why RTC does not work :)

Yes indeed. I can not focus on that at the moment but as soon as we have
the new Pyra handheld devices (with OMAP5+Palmas) running, there will
be more developers to look at it.

BR,
Nikolaus