Re: [PATCH v3] rtc: bq32000: add configurable delay between RTC reads

[Alexandre Belloni]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:21:51 -0700, Adriana Stancu wrote:
> When the RTC is used on systems without a interrupt line, userspace
> tools like `hwclock` fall back to a frequent polling loop to synchronize
> with the edge of the next second.
> 
> On the BQ32000, this aggressive polling can temporarly lock the register
> refresh cycle, because the continuous transfers prevent the hardware from
> updating the buffer. This results in stale data reads or select() timeouts
> in userspace.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] rtc: bq32000: add configurable delay between RTC reads
      https://git.kernel.org/abelloni/c/d4992b7050a1

Best regards,

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