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Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:21:46 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
To:     Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco@wolfvision.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: rtc: nxp,pcf8563: add hiz-output
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On 26/10/2023 12:13:23+0200, Javier Carrasco wrote:
> I want to model the INTA pin as a clock source that only should run in
> sleep mode because its clock is only used in that mode. Therefore I want
> the pin to stay in hi-Z during normal operation.

Can you disclose what is the user of the clock, do you have a driver for
this device?

> 
> I do not want to get any interrupts from the INTA pin and the battery
> mode indication is not relevant for me either. I do not know the CCF
> mechanism in other RTCs though, but I think that the hi-Z mode
> accomplishes exactly what I described.The assumption about the battery
> mode is therefore beyond my knowledge, but my first reaction is that we
> already have the hi-Z for that.
> 
> So in the end I just need a mechanism to configure INTA as hi-Z, which
> the driver still does not support. There is another application where
> the clock output is not required even though it is physically connected,
> so hi-Z is again an interesting mode and the battery mode would be
> available if it ever becomes relevant for anyone.
> 

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