Re: [rtc-linux] [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: add hym8563 binding

From: Heiko Stübner
Date: Sat Dec 07 2013 - 08:46:52 EST


Hi Mark,

Am Montag, 2. Dezember 2013, 14:41:10 schrieb Mark Brown:
> On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 08:47:42PM +0100, Heiko Stübner wrote:
> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible: should be: "haoyu,hym8563"
> > +- reg: i2c address
> > +- gpios: alarm interrupt gpio
>
> Why is this specified as a GPIO and not as an interrupt?

sorry for the late reply, but it seems I got somehow droppen from your
recipient list, so just found this mail on the mailinglist.

In v1 I specified the interrupt and the gpio. Apart from the resulting
duplication of information this also resulted in the gpio only being requested
but never used itself, which Mark Rutland did not seem to like this much :-) .

As I'd like to keep the sanity check that really requesting the interrupt gpio
provides I did go this way, as the interrupt pin of the chip is of course
always provided thru a gpio. As there are other drivers going this route it
looked like an ok way to go.


So what would be the real way to go? Specify only the interrupt, only the gpio
or both?


Heiko
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