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Alexander Stein authored
TQ-Systems' TQMa8Mx module (SoM) uses a pcf85063 as RTC. The default output is 32768Hz. This is to provide the i.MX8M CKIL clock. Once the RTC driver is probed, the clock is disabled and all i.MX8M functionality depending on the 32 KHz clock will halt. In our case the whole system halts and a power cycle is required. Referencing the pcf85063 directly results in a deadlock. The kernel will see, that i.MX8M system clock needs the RTC clock and do probe deferral. But the i.MX8M I2C module never becomes usable without the i.MX8M CKIL clock and thus the RTC's clock will not be probed. So from the kernel's perspective this is a chicken-and-egg problem. Technically everything is fine by not touching anything, since the RTC clock correctly enables the clock on reset (i.e. on battery backup power loss). A workaround for this issue is describing the square wave pin as fixed-clock, which is registered early and basically how this pin is used on the i.MX8M. This addresses the exact same issue as in commit f765e349 ("rtc: m41t80: add support for fixed clock"). Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@ew.tq-group.com> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com> [Fixed return value 0 -> NULL] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211013074954.997445-1-alexander.stein@ew.tq-group.com
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