Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: rtc: ti,bq32k: Add delay on rtc reads

[Adriana Nicolae]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 16/04/2026 11:57, Adriana Stancu wrote:
> > Add a configurable "ti,read-settle-us" property to resolve a limitation
> > where aggressive I2C polling prevents the BQ32000's internal register to
> > update. This ensures the hardware has sufficient idle time to update its
> > buffer, preventing stale data reads on systems where the "interrupts" are
> > not configured.
>
> And why does the value different between each board layouts? Same
> device, different board and you need different value?
>
> Do not attach (thread) your patchsets to some other threads (unrelated
> or older versions). This buries them deep in the mailbox and might
> interfere with applying entire sets. See also:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.16-rc2/source/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#L830
>
You are right, the delay should be specific to the RTC chip, not the
board layout. I will drop the dt property and send a v3 that
implements a fixed 2ms delay in the driver.
This will be applied only when an interrupt is not present, because
this is when the userspace will use polling.

Best regards,
Adriana