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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] rtc: at91sam9: add microchip,sam9x60-rtt
On 13/04/2020 08:50:02+0000, Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com wrote:
> part of 1/5 is still necessary.
>

indeed.

> Regarding the fallback to "atmel,at91sam9260-rtt" I am aware of that. I
> chose this approach because this IP is a bit different than the one with
> "atmel,at91sam9260-rtt" compatible, meaning it has a features that the old
> one has not. I'm talking about [1] which I cannot see on a SAM9G45 [2]
> where RTT IP uses "atmel,at91sam9260-rtt" as compatible.
>
> Is true it may be necessary in the future when new features may be
> implemented. Taking this into account, would you like to get rid of the new
> compatible in code and keep it only in device tree?
>

What I said is not that the new compatible is not necessary at all but
that it can be avoided in the aic code.

> [1]
> http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/SAM9X60-Data-Sheet-DS60001579B.pdf#_OPENTOPIC_TOC_PROCESSING_d137e64502
> [2]
> http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/Atmel-6438-32-bit-ARM926-Embedded-Microprocessor-SAM9G45_Datasheet.pdf
>
> >
> > I think 2/5 may be useful in the future but as far as the aic fixup
> > is concerned, both IPs are identical.
> >
> >> - reg: should encode the memory region of the RTT controller
> >> - interrupts: rtt alarm/event interrupt
> >> - clocks: should contain the 32 KHz slow clk that will drive the RTT block.
> >> --
> >> 2.7.4
> >>
> >
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