Re: [PATCH] rtc: nintendo: Add a RTC driver for the GameCube, Wii and Wii U

From: Emmanuel Gil Peyrot
Date: Wed Oct 27 2021 - 13:09:57 EST


On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 07:05:27PM +0200, Emmanuel Gil Peyrot wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 06:45:54PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
[…]
> > > drivers/rtc/rtc-nintendo.c | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > I'm not convinced this is a good name, seeing that the switch will
> > certainly not use this driver (neither is the snes mini).
>
> Other subsystem maintainers have requested this to be changed, so I
> reflected it here too. For instance hid requested a Wii U-specific
> driver to be merged with the Switch one.
>
> Would rtc-gamecube be fine then? So far I have only tested on Wii U,
> but this driver is expected to support all three generations of
> GameCube, Wii and Wii U.
>

Another thing to note is that the Switch would be a Nvidia platform, and
the NES Mini an Allwinner platform. This would leave the DS/DSi/3DS to
be a custom SoC with their own RTC implementation different from this
one.

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Emmanuel Gil Peyrot

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