[PATCH v9 3/4] arm64: defconfig: add S32G RTC module support

Ciprian Marian Costea ciprianmarian.costea at oss.nxp.com
Fri Apr 4 00:19:56 PDT 2025


On 4/4/2025 10:15 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 04/04/2025 08:24, Ciprian Marian Costea wrote:
>> On 4/4/2025 9:17 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 03/04/2025 12:33, Ciprian Costea wrote:
>>>> From: Ciprian Marian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea at oss.nxp.com>
>>>>
>>>> The RTC hardware module present on S32G based SoCs tracks clock time
>>>> during system suspend and it is used as a wakeup source on S32G2/S32G3
>>>> architecture.
>>> Which boards are using it? I don't see any DTS (nowhere), so I do not
>>> see single reason for this patch.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Krzysztof
>>
>> The RTC module is used by all the currently supported S32G2/S32G3
>> boards, so currently they are: S32G274A-EVB, S32G274A-RDB2, S32G399A-RDB3.
> 
> I don't think so. I looked at these DTS and there is no RTC.
> 
>> I do see your point in the fact that this driver should be enabled as
>> module only after platforms are actually using it.
> 
> No, post the user. I don't see the point of sending defconfig patch with
> RTC patchset anyway. That's different subsystem.
> 
>>
>> So, would it be better for me to send a V10 in this series with the DTS
>> patch added ?
> 
> No, separate patchsets.

Ok. I will send out a V10 in which I will drop this current patch from 
the patchset. Also, I will send the DTS patch which adds S32G274A-EVB, 
S32G274-RDB2 and S32G399A-RDB3 usage of the RTC after this patchset gets 
accepted.

Best Regards,
Ciprian

> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof




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