[PATCH] clocksource: move NXP timer selection to drivers/clocksource

From: eballetbo

Date: Mon Mar 02 2026 - 08:52:01 EST


From: Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetb@xxxxxxxxxx>

The Kconfig logic for selecting the scheduler clocksource on
NXP Vybrid (VF610) uses a `choice` block restricted to 32-bit ARM. This
prevents 64-bit architectures, such as the NXP S32 family, from enabling
the NXP Periodic Interrupt Timer (PIT) driver (CONFIG_NXP_PIT_TIMER).

Relocate the NXP clocksource selection from arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig to
drivers/clocksource/Kconfig. This allows the configuration to be shared
across different architectures.

Update the selection to include support for ARCH_S32 and add a "None"
option to allow using the standard ARM Architected Timer. The Vybrid
Global Timer option is now specifically restricted to 32-bit ARM SOC_VF610
platforms.

Fixes: bee33f22d7c3 ("clocksource/drivers/nxp-pit: Add NXP Automotive s32g2 / s32g3 support")
Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig | 21 ---------------------
drivers/clocksource/Kconfig | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
index 6ea1bd55acf8de30ce300f906924a12c27baa169..a361840d7a047863af85205161aa5bd30f335ab2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
@@ -227,27 +227,6 @@ config SOC_VF610
help
This enables support for Freescale Vybrid VF610 processor.

-choice
- prompt "Clocksource for scheduler clock"
- depends on SOC_VF610
- default VF_USE_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
-
- config VF_USE_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
- bool "Use ARM Global Timer"
- depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
- select ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
- select CLKSRC_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER_SCHED_CLOCK
- help
- Use the ARM Global Timer as clocksource
-
- config VF_USE_PIT_TIMER
- bool "Use PIT timer"
- select NXP_PIT_TIMER
- help
- Use SoC Periodic Interrupt Timer (PIT) as clocksource
-
-endchoice
-
endif

endif
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
index fd9112706545425ad54a84b0c992cf09795c26c4..b5c88ec658025803aa42a034c3f3ce04ab13f7ac 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
@@ -794,4 +794,35 @@ config RTK_SYSTIMER
this option only when building for a Realtek platform or for compilation
testing.

+choice
+ prompt "NXP clocksource for scheduler clock"
+ depends on SOC_VF610 || ARCH_S32
+ # Default to Global Timer for Vybrid (32-bit)
+ default VF_USE_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER if SOC_VF610
+ # Default to None for S32 (64-bit)
+ default VF_TIMER_NONE if ARCH_S32
+
+ config VF_USE_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
+ bool "Use NXP Vybrid Global Timer"
+ # This option is ONLY visible if we are on 32-bit ARM
+ depends on ARM && SOC_VF610
+ select ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
+ select CLKSRC_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER_SCHED_CLOCK
+ help
+ Use the NXP Vybrid Global Timer as clocksource.
+
+ config VF_USE_PIT_TIMER
+ bool "Use NXP PIT timer"
+ select NXP_PIT_TIMER
+ help
+ Use NXP Periodic Interrupt Timer (PIT) as clocksource.
+
+ config VF_TIMER_NONE
+ bool "None (Use standard Arch Timer)"
+ help
+ Do not use any specific NXP timer driver. Use the standard
+ ARM Architected Timer instead.
+
+endchoice
+
endmenu

---
base-commit: 11439c4635edd669ae435eec308f4ab8a0804808
change-id: 20260302-fix-nxp-timer-9cb1fbd7afcd

Best regards,
--
Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetb@xxxxxxxxxx>