Re: [PATCH 2/2] rtc: pcf2127: add battery-low INTn generation

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 03/04/2019 16:09:14+0000, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > On 03/04/2019 15:49:03+0000, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> > > > Then, you should probably not enable BLIE because this will cause
> > issues
> > > > with the alarm functionnality.. It is certainly enough to use
> > > > RTC_VL_READ periodically.
> > >
> > > We use the nINT signaling solution because of this pin, in addition
> > > to be used by the CPU, can be also connected to an external connector,
> > > available for the final user.
> > > Anyway, even if the BLIE is set, the sw low voltage alarm works,
> > > with the message (displayed about every 12 minutes):
> > >
> > 
> > I agree the DT property makes sense when the nINT pin is not connected
> > to the CPU. But if it is, then you have an issue that nINT will be
> > pulled low until the user changes the battery, meaning that you will
> > not get any alarm interrupt anymore, possibly leading to a system that
> > is not waking up anymore.
> 
> Ah, ok, thanks for the info. 
> I know this, but in our specific case, this is not a problem,
> since we don't use the nINT for other purposes, but only for
> a battery low indicator. On the contrary, in our case, it's better
> that the alarm signal remains low until the battery is changed.
> 
> Anyway, I can specify this collateral effect in a specific file for the
> Pcf2127 in the DT bindings Documentation. What do you think?
> 

This is fine as-is, I'll handle that in my series adding alarm support
because there will be no issues until then.

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