Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/timer-ti-dm: Register clocksource/event only for am654

[Markus Schneider-Pargmann]

Hi Daniel,

On Fri Aug 28, 2026 at 8:47 PM CEST, Markus Schneider-Pargmann (TI) wrote:
> Registering clocksource/clockevent for the older platforms breaks
> booting them. The older platforms have their own implementation in early
> boot that is used to register clocksource/clockevent in
> timer-ti-dm-systimer.c.
>
> With am654, the timer is much more complex with more dependencies so
> doing this in early boot with the other driver is very difficult and
> gets ugly. Instead it is implemented in the platform driver for am654.
> However the old platforms may not register clocksource/clockevent in
> this driver as that would break the boot.
>
> Add a system_timer_capable flag that is only set for am654-timer that
> gates the clocksource/clockevent registration.
>
> Reported-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2013A99A-0502-4128-ACFA-B04886224393@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: b8eeeca55456 ("clocksource/drivers/timer-ti-dm: Add clocksource support")
> Signed-off-by: Markus Schneider-Pargmann (TI) <msp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Did you have time to take a look at this patch?

Thanks,
Markus

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