This allows for future improvement of the driver. Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c index 02af045305dd..22656a90cfc5 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c @@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ static int m48t86_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct m48t86_rtc_info *info; struct resource *res; unsigned char reg; + int err; info = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL); if (!info) @@ -254,11 +255,16 @@ static int m48t86_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENODEV; } - info->rtc = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, "m48t86", - &m48t86_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE); + info->rtc = devm_rtc_allocate_device(&pdev->dev); if (IS_ERR(info->rtc)) return PTR_ERR(info->rtc); + info->rtc->ops = &m48t86_rtc_ops; + + err = rtc_register_device(info->rtc); + if (err) + return err; + /* read battery status */ reg = m48t86_readb(&pdev->dev, M48T86_D); dev_info(&pdev->dev, "battery %s\n", -- 2.14.2