RE: [PATCH v2] rtc: da9063: add as wakeup source

[Adam Thomson]

On 26 November 2021 10:23, Nikita Shubin wrote:

> > Thanks for the detailed response; it helped a lot. Having reviewed
> > the core code along with your description I know understand what's
> > happening here. Basically marking as 'wakeup-source' is simply a
> > means to expose the sysfs attribute to user-space.
> >
> > Yes I think in the commit message you should be clear that there's a
> > need to access the sys attribute 'wakealarm' in the RTC core and
> > clarify exactly why there is that need. Your commit log should be
> > good enough so that if anyone else needs to look at this later they
> > completely understand the intention behind the change.
> >
> > By the way, I assume the functionality you're looking for could also
> > have been achieved through using the /dev/rtcX instance for DA9063?
> 
> Thank you for pointing this out, indeed i missed that obvious thing.
> 
> We can also simply set alarm via rtcwake, even if CONFIG_PM is off:
> 
> rtcwake -m no -s 60
> 
> Now i am not sure we should make changes to da9063-rtc driver - what do
> you think ?

I think the change is still valid from what I can tell. Just be clear on intent
in the commit log of the patch. :)