Re: [PATCH v9 4/6] clocksource: stm32: add clocksource support

[Benjamin Gaignard]

2017-12-08 14:46 GMT+01:00 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 08/12/2017 12:32, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>> The stm32 timer hardware is currently only used as a clock event device,
>> but it can be utilized as a clocksource as well.
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>> Implement this by enabling the free running counter in the hardware block
>> and converting the clock event part from a count down event timer to a
>> comparator based timer.
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> Split this patch in two:
>  - periodic support
>  - clocksource support

No because the way of implementing periodic support depend of how clocksource
part is implemented on the hardware.
I don't want to code functions that I will completely remove just after

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