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

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 08/12/2017 15:04, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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

Sorry, I don't get it. Can you elaborate please ?


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