[PATCH 2/2] rtc: omap: add rtc wakeup support to alarm events

Hebbar, Gururaja gururaja.hebbar at ti.com
Thu Jun 13 05:39:54 EDT 2013


Hi Kevin,

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 16:55:17, Hebbar, Gururaja wrote:
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 23:11:22, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> > Hebbar Gururaja <gururaja.hebbar at ti.com> writes:
> > 
> > > On some platforms (like AM33xx), a special register (RTC_IRQWAKEEN)
> > > is available to enable Wakeup feature for Alarm Events.
> > >
> > > Since new platforms/Boards are now added through DT only, this feature
> > > is supported via DT property only.
> > 
> > > Platforms using such IP should add the property "ti,has_irq_wake_enb"
> > > in rtc DT node.
> > 
> > This is a property of the IP, not the board.  Can't you detect this
> > based on the revision of the IP?
> 
> Here is what I found out till now.
> 
> 1. rtc-omap driver is used by Davinci, OMAP-1/2 & AM33xx SoC.
> 
> 2. Only AM33xx soc rtc ip has revision register (& populated). Older OMAP
>    Or davinci doesn't have this register.
> 
> 3. AFAIK, this was the reason why Afzal used platform_device_id & 
>    of_device_id->data method to detect new versions (commit
>    9e0344dcc225fe1a0e8b8af9ff7df44ec4613580)
> 
> 
> So now either 
> a. I can follow the same method and add new member to omap_rtc_devtype & add a new compatible in 
>  omap_rtc_of_match in rtc-omap.c
> 
> or
> 
> b. use dt property to indicate existence of above property.
> 
> 
> Kindly let me know your opinion about the same.

Any update on this. I have patch ready for both the choices. Waiting for your ok to send


> 
> > 
> > Kevin
> > 
> 
> 
> Regards, 
> Gururaja
> 


Regards, 
Gururaja



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