Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: mt8173: add timer node

From: Sudeep Holla
Date: Thu Sep 17 2015 - 09:51:57 EST




On 16/09/15 03:04, Yingjoe Chen wrote:
From: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Add device node to enable GPT timer. This timer will be
used as sched clock source.


Interesting any known issues with or advantage over the arch timers
to prefer it as sched clock source. I see even arch timers are present
in DT, hence the question. Or is it just a incorrect commit log ?

How does this get selected as sched clock source ? I don't see
sched_clock_register in mtk_timer.c

To be clear, I am not against adding this timer support, but just want
to know is it preferred for sched clock source ? if yes why ? better
resolution ?

Change-Id: Idc4e3f0ee80b5c36cae6f0f2328f94aafcca1253

^ Should be dropped

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eddie Huang <eddie.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi
index d18ee42..d763803 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@
reg = <0 0x10007000 0 0x100>;
};

+ timer: timer@10008000 {
+ compatible = "mediatek,mt8173-timer",

Missing documentation ? I am referring upstream and it might be in some patches already queued perhaps ?

Regards,
Sudeep
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