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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] RTC/PCF85063: fix time/date setting
On 07/12/2015 at 14:49:34 +0100, Juergen Borleis wrote :
> When setting a new time/date the RTC's clock must be stopped first, in
> order to write the time/date registers in an atomic manner.
> So, this change stops the clock first and then writes the time/date
> registers and the clock control register (to re-enable the clock) in one
> turn.
>

I'd have the same comment for that patch. Using
i2c_smbus_write_byte_data and i2c_smbus_write_block_data would make the
code clearer and also more robust because it takes care of
retransmissions for example.


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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
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