Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: document how to setup rockchip timers as clocksource

From: Alexander Kochetkov
Date: Wed Nov 30 2016 - 16:40:31 EST



> 1 ÐÐÐ. 2016 Ð., Ð 0:30, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> ÐÐÐÐÑÐÐ(Ð):
>
> 1st and 2nd are ambiguous. Plus this is an OS implementation detail that
> doesn't belong in the binding.
>
>> +If you want to bind specific timer as clockevent (i.e. one from alive subsystem)
>> +and specific timer as clocksource, you can number the timers in "aliases" node.
>
> No.
>
> Use and/or describe what are the features of a timer to make the
> decision. There has to be some reason you care which one. One has an
> interrupt and the other doesn't. One is always on. Etc.

Thank you, Rob.

Eventually I abandoned this decision.
I left only one patch, which you confirmed recently.

And sorry for making noise with duplicate patches.

Alexander.