On 22/10/2018 16:18:13+0200, Soeren Moch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 22.10.2018 um 15:57 schrieb Alexandre Belloni:
> > Hello,
> >
> > On 22/10/2018 14:38:12+0200, Soeren Moch wrote:
> >> Commit 51ed73eb998a1c79a2b0e9bed68f75a8a2c93b9b ("rtc: ds1340: Add support
> >> for trickle charger.") breaks ds1339 wakealarm support by limiting
> >> accessible registers. Fix this.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 51ed73eb998a ("rtc: ds1340: Add support for trickle charger.")
> >> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
> >> Signed-off-by: Soeren Moch <sm...@web.de>
> >> --
> >> Cc: Andrea Greco <a.gr...@4sigma.it>
> >> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zu...@towertech.it>
> >> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.bell...@bootlin.com>
> >> Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org
> >> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> >> ---
> >> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c | 1 -
> >> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> >> index 4b2b4627daeb..71396b62dc52 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> >> @@ -1384,7 +1384,6 @@ static void ds1307_clks_register(struct ds1307
> >> *ds1307)
> >> static const struct regmap_config regmap_config = {
> >> .reg_bits = 8,
> >> .val_bits = 8,
> >> - .max_register = 0x9,
> > I would prefer having a different regmap_config for chips that have more
> > registers. I guess you could put a pointer to a regmap_config in chip_desc.
> >
> What looks strange to me, the original patch (according to its
> description) enabled trickle charger functionality for a single chip.
> This is something totally different than limiting the register space for
> all chips that are supported by this driver. So this seems to be an
> accident to me. And this causes an regression for ds1339, which was
> supported for years.
>
> Are there any advantages for limiting the address space of i2c devices?
I would think it was done as a facility to debug the feature because
when max_register is set, regmap will allow you to dump the register
space.
> If we really need this, can we apply this partial revert as regression
> fix (also for stable) and implement the address space limitation separately?
>
Fine, I'm applying this patch right now.
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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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