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From: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:53:55 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: add support for rtc NXP pca8565
To: VENKAT PRASHANTH B U <venkat.prashanth2498@gmail.com>
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Hi Venkat,

On 30 October 2016 at 09:03, VENKAT PRASHANTH B U
<venkat.prashanth2498@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a patch to add support for
> NXP rtc pca8565

>From a quick look the PCA8565 register layout looks very similar to
PCF8563 which already has a driver (rtc-pcf8563).

Can you use that driver instead of creating a new one? If so; send a
patch for rtc-pcf8563 that adds "pca8565" to the set of i2c ids.


regards,
Joachim Eastwood