Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: mfd: Document the RTC present on MAX77620

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 9:15 AM Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> On 30/04/2020 09:07:01-0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 07:08:23PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > > From: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
> > >
> > > The RTC present on MAX77620 can be used to generate an alarm at a given
> > > time, which in turn can be used as a wakeup source for the system if it
> > > is properly wired up.
> > >
> > > Document how to enable the RTC to act as a wakeup source.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
> > > ---
> > >  .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/max77620.txt          | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max77620.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max77620.txt
> > > index 5a642a51d58e..f05005b0993e 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max77620.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max77620.txt
> > > @@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ MAX77663 supports 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1280 and 2540 microseconds.
> > >                     control) then, GPIO1/nRST_IO goes LOW.
> > >                     this property is valid for max20024 only.
> > >
> > > +Realtime Clock
> > > +--------------
> > > +The MAX77620 family of power management ICs contain a realtime clock block
> > > +that can be used to keep track of time even when the system is powered off.
> > > +
> > > +The realtime clock can also be programmed to trigger alerts, which can be
> > > +used to wake the system up from sleep. In order to configure the RTC to act
> > > +as a wakeup source, add an "rtc" child node and add the "wakeup-source"
> > > +property.
> > > +
> > > +
> > >  For DT binding details of different sub modules like GPIO, pincontrol,
> > >  regulator, power, please refer respective device-tree binding document
> > >  under their respective sub-system directories.
> > > @@ -159,4 +170,8 @@ max77620@3c {
> > >                     maxim,fps-event-source = <MAX77620_FPS_EVENT_SRC_SW>;
> > >             };
> > >     };
> > > +
> > > +   rtc {
> > > +           wakeup-source;
> >
> > Is the RTC really the only thing that could wake the system in this
> > PMIC?
> >
> > I don't think it's really valid to have 'wakeup-source' without
> > 'interrupts' unless the wakeup mechanism is somehow not an interrupt. So
> > I think this belongs in the parent node.
> >
>
> I don't think this is true because in the case of a discrete RTC, its
> interrupt pin can be connected directly to a PMIC to power up a board
> instead of being connected to the SoC. In that case we don't have an
> interrupt property but the RTC is still a wakeup source. This is the
> usual use case for wakeup-source in the RTC subsystem. Else, if there is
> an interrupt, then we assume the RTC is a wakeup source and there is no
> need to have the wakeup-source property.

Yes, that would be an example of "unless the wakeup mechanism is
somehow not an interrupt". I guess I should add not an interrupt from
the perspective of the OS.

So if the wakeup is self contained within the PMIC, why do we need a
DT property? The capability is always there and enabling/disabling
wakeup from it is userspace policy.

Rob