Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: rtc: add battery-low-hw-alarm property

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Wed Apr 03 2019 - 10:57:15 EST


Hi,

On 03/04/2019 16:52:44+0200, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> Some RTC devices have a battery-low automatic detection circuit.
> The battery-low event is usually reported with:
>
> - a bit change in a RTC status register
> - a hw signaling (generally using an interrupt generation), changing
> the hw level of a specific pin;
>
> The new property "battery-low-hw-alarm" enable the RTC to generate the
> hw signaling in case of battery-low event.
>
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt
> index a97fc6a..f93a44d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt
> @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ below.
> expressed in femto Farad (fF).
> The default value shall be listed (if optional),
> and likewise all valid values.
> +- battery-low-hw-alarm : Enable the "battery-low" output pin. This function

I would name that voltage-low-alarm as not all the secondary voltages
are batteries.

> + is available on the following devices:
> + - pcf2127 - pin used for alarm: INTn
>
> Trivial RTCs
> ------------
> --
> 2.7.4
>

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