Re: [GIT PULL 1/3] ARM: soc: exynos: Drivers for v4.9

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Sep 19 2016 - 11:03:26 EST


On Sunday, September 18, 2016 6:39:46 PM CEST Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Samsung drivers/soc update for v4.9:
> 1. Allow compile testing of exynos-mct clocksource driver on ARM64.
> 2. Document Exynos5433 PMU compatible (already used by clkout driver and more
> will be coming soon).

Pulled into next/drivers, thanks

Just for my understanding: why do we need the exynos-mct driver on ARM64
but not the delay-timer portion of it?

Is there an advantage in using MCT over the architected timer on these
chips? If so, should we also have a way to use it as the delay timer?

Arnd