Re: [PATCH v5 0/1] dt-bindings: riscv: sophgo: add RTC for CV1800

[Jingbao Qiu]

On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 5:06 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 08/01/2024 10:00, Jingbao Qiu wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 4:02 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> > <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 08/01/2024 08:22, Jingbao Qiu wrote:
> >>> Real Time Clock (RTC) is an independently powered module
> >>> within the chip, which includes a 32KHz oscillator and
> >>> a Power On Reset/POR submodule. It can be used for time
> >>> display and timed alarm generation.
> >>>
> >>> Power On Reset/POR submodule only using register resources
> >>> so it should be empty. The 32KHz oscillator only provides
> >>> pulses for RTC in hardware.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Changes since v4:
> >>> - remove POR dt-bindings because it empty
> >>> - remove MFD dt-bindings because SoC does
> >>>   not have MFDs
> >>> - add syscon attribute to share registers
> >>>   with POR
> >>>
> >>> v4: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231229090643.116575-1-qiujingbao.dlmu@xxxxxxxxx/
> >>>
> >>> Changes since v3:
> >>> - temporarily not submitting RTC driver code
> >>>   waiting for communication with IC designer
> >>
> >> Hm, why?
> >>
> >> We do not need bindings if nothing matches to them. If this binding is
> >> for other upstream open-source project, please provide references.
> >>
> >> See also:
> >> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.7-rc8/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst#L61
> >>
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > There is a function in the RTC driver code used to calibrate the
> > clock, which is define in the datasheet.
> > However, Alexandre Belloni raised concerns that clock calibration
> > should be done using GPS or similar
> > methods, rather than using other clock sources. I think what he said
> > makes sense. So it is necessary
> > to communicate with IC designers.
> >
> > link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202312271350242a208426@mail.local/
>
> Sure, this I get, but why sending bindings alone? There is no user of them.
>

Thank you for your patient reply.
May I ask if this user refers to driver code or DTS?

Best regards,
Jingbao Qiu