Hi,
Erlier this year the hym8563 driver was added to the kernel. When I compared
the datasheets of the NXP pcf8563 (that I use) and the Haoyu hym8563 I
cannot
find any significantdifferences between the two chips. Now is using
different
drivers for the two similar (or identical?) chips:
a) A mistake
b) A feature
c) Me beeing stupid?
The difference between the drivers is handling of century and that the
hym8563
driver support the clock output that both chips have.
//Jan
Hi Jan,
Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014, 15:42:11 schrieb Jan Kardell:
> Hi,
>
> Erlier this year the hym8563 driver was added to the kernel. When I compared
> the datasheets of the NXP pcf8563 (that I use) and the Haoyu hym8563 I
> cannot
> find any significantdifferences between the two chips. Now is using
> different
> drivers for the two similar (or identical?) chips:
> a) A mistake
> b) A feature
> c) Me beeing stupid?
option A - a mistake
At the time I didn't check existing drivers for one with a compatible
interface - wrongly thinking different vendors wouldn't use the same
interfaces.
I learned from this and am not making this mistake again [0] :-), but haven't
had the time so far to consolidate the two rtc drivers back into one.
> The difference between the drivers is handling of century and that the
> hym8563
> driver support the clock output that both chips have.
Feel free to consolidate them if you have time to spare - alternativly I
hopefully also will have time for this some time in the future.
Heiko
[0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/14/178