Hi, On 22/06/2020 10:03:25+0000, Johnson CH Chen (陳昭勳) wrote: > Hello all, > > This patch set uses MFD structure for DS1374 so that RTC and Watchdog > functions can be separately. Therefore, we can add more Watchdog > subfunctions here. > > A DS1374 MFD core driver supports the I2C communication to RTC and > Watchdog devices. > > 1. Add DS1374 MFD core driver with I2C bus. > 2. Let DS1374 RTC driver has RTC and Alarm functions only. > 3. Add DS1374 Watchdog driver. > For reference, this was the last attempt: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rtc/20170718092245.tc5oosbbb6lzvqpy@dell/ The main issue I see with your series is that there is no way to select which of the rtc or the watchdog driver has to be used as IIRC each function is mutually exclusive. I think you should work on the DT bindings, addressing the few remaining comments. -- Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com