Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: rtc: add battery-low-hw-alarm property

[Alexandre Belloni]

Hi,

On 03/04/2019 16:52:44+0200, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> Some RTC devices have a battery-low automatic detection circuit.
> The battery-low event is usually reported with:
> 
> - a bit change in a RTC status register
> - a hw signaling (generally using an interrupt generation), changing
>   the hw level of a specific pin;
> 
> The new property "battery-low-hw-alarm" enable the RTC to generate the
> hw signaling in case of battery-low event.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt
> index a97fc6a..f93a44d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc.txt
> @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ below.
>                              expressed in femto Farad (fF).
>                              The default value shall be listed (if optional),
>                              and likewise all valid values.
> +- battery-low-hw-alarm :    Enable the "battery-low" output pin. This function

I would name that voltage-low-alarm as not all the secondary voltages
are batteries.

> +                            is available on the following devices:
> +                            - pcf2127 - pin used for alarm: INTn
>  
>  Trivial RTCs
>  ------------
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

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