Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] clocksource: Add Realtek system timer driver
From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Nov 20 2025 - 05:38:03 EST
On Thu, Nov 20 2025 at 14:30, Hao-Wen Ting wrote:
> Add a system timer driver for Realtek SoCs.
>
> This driver registers the 1 MHz global hardware counter on Realtek
> platforms as a clock event device. Since this hardware counter starts
> counting automatically after SoC power-on, no clock initialization is
> required. Because the counter does not stop or get affected by CPU power
> down, and it supports oneshot mode, it is typically used as a tick
> broadcast timer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hao-Wen Ting <haowen.ting@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>