[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: mfd: mediatek: mt6397: describe the RTC's nvmem layout
AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com
Mon Sep 21 03:37:34 PDT 2026
On 9/18/26 06:57, Ryan Brue wrote:
> Four of the MT6397 RTC's alarm registers use only their low bits; the
> high byte of each is storage the clock and the alarm don't touch.
> MediaTek's documentation names them RTC_NEW_SPARE0 to RTC_NEW_SPARE3 and
> assigns the first to a fuel gauge, which is what a battery driver reads
> at boot so that the reported capacity does not jump across a reboot.
>
> They sit in the RTC's always-on domain, so the driver can offer them as
> a battery-backed nvmem provider. Allow a board to lay cells out over
> them.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Brue <ryanbrue.dev at gmail.com>
Makes a lot of sense to me.
Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/mediatek,mt6397.yaml | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/mediatek,mt6397.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/mediatek,mt6397.yaml
> index 3cbc0dc12c31..5c89c589b53c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/mediatek,mt6397.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/mediatek,mt6397.yaml
> @@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ properties:
>
> start-year: true
>
> + nvmem-layout:
> + $ref: /schemas/nvmem/layouts/nvmem-layout.yaml
> + description:
> + The RTC carries four bytes of storage that neither the clock nor the
> + alarm uses, in the high half of four of the alarm registers, and
> + offers them as a battery-backed nvmem provider. MediaTek's
> + documentation names them RTC_NEW_SPARE0 to RTC_NEW_SPARE3 and gives
> + the first to a fuel gauge.
> +
> required:
> - compatible
>
>
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