Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] clocksource/drivers/mtk_systimer: Add support for Mediatek SoCs

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 27/06/2018 09:53, Stanley Chu wrote:
> This patch adds a new clock event for the timer
> found on the Mediatek SoCs.
> 
> The Mediatek System Timer has several 32-bit timers.
> Only one timer is used by this driver as a clock event
> supporting oneshot events.
> 
> The System Timer can be run with two clocks. A 13 MHz system
> clock and the RTC clock running at 32 KHz. This implementation
> uses the system clock with no clock source divider.

Recent platforms have the arch_arm_timer and it will be always selected.

What is the benefit of adding this timer ?


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