[PATCH v2 00/10] Add support for Qualcomm TSCSS hardware
From: Imran Shaik
Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 08:19:09 EST
This series introduces support for the Qualcomm Timestamp Counter Subsystem
(TSCSS) hardware, a time synchronization subsystem present on Qualcomm
Lemans, Monaco and QDU1000 SoCs.
TSCSS is composed of two main hardware blocks:
- Timestamp Counter (TSC): a free-running hardware counter that provides
continuous timekeeping for the SoC, and is functional with a GCC TSC AHB
config clock and a global counter clock. The TSC counter resolution and
supported functionalities vary across SoC variants.
- Event Timestamp Unit (ETU): It captures TSC counter timestamps against
external hardware events. Each ETU slice binds a slice identifier to
an external event selector, and the ETU additionally requires its own
clock, pinctrl along with either a per-slice interrupt (QDU1000) or
a single summary interrupt across all ETU slices (Lemans and Monaco).
+------------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
| Global clock controller - TSC AHB/CNTR/ETU CLK | | EVENT_IN[0:15] |
+------------------------------------------------+ +------------------+
| |
v v
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Timestamp Counter Subsystem (TSCSS) |
| |
| +----------------------------------------------+ |
| +------------+ | Event Timestamp Unit (ETU) | |
| | Timestamp | | 0x01C90000-0x01C9FFFF | |
| | Counter | | +------------------------------------------+ | |
| | (TSC) | | | ETU Slices | | |
| | | | | [Slice 0] [Slice 1] [...] [Slice 15] | | |
| | 0x1C80000 | | | 0x1C90000 0x1C91000 0x1C9F000 | | |
| +------------+ | | | | |
| | +-----------+------------------------------+ | |
| +-------------|--------------------+-----------+ |
| | | |
+---------------------------------|--------------------|---------------+
| |
v v
+----------------------------------------+
| per-slice IRQ (OR) summary IRQ |
| (QDU1000) (Lemans) |
+----------------------------------------+
|
v
+-----------------------------+
| Interrupt Controller |
+-----------------------------+
The address offsets shown in the diagram above are specific to Qualcomm
Lemans SoC.
The Qualcomm Nord SoC additionally has a timer register region used to
generate a periodic pulse in sync with the TSC counter.
This series currently covers only the TSC block driver functionality; ETU
driver support will follow in a later series.
Signed-off-by: Imran Shaik <imran.shaik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Fixed SoC names, and updated bindings as per review comments on v1 [Krzysztof]
- Added ARCH_QCOM in Kconfig, fixed the probe() and remove() order, and
used dev_err_probe [Krzysztof]
- Dropped the unnecessary "inline" keyword [Jakub]
- Added support for Nord and Shikra SoCs, which support continuous dynamic
dynamic drift correction.
- Updated the clocks handling.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260727-tscss-v1-0-beed14e72510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Abel Vesa <abelvesa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ajit Pandey <ajit.pandey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Imran Shaik <imran.shaik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Taniya Das <taniya.das@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jagadeesh Kona <jagadeesh.kona@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-msm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Imran Shaik (10):
dt-bindings: ptp: Document the TSCSS on Qualcomm SA8775P and QCS8300 SoCs
dt-bindings: ptp: Document TSCSS hardware on Qualcomm QDU1000 SoC
dt-bindings: ptp: Document TSCSS hardware on Qualcomm Nord and Shikra SoCs
ptp: qcom: Add PTP driver for the Qualcomm TSC hardware
arm64: defconfig: Enable Qualcomm TSC driver
arm64: dts: qcom: lemans: Add support for TSCSS node
arm64: dts: qcom: monaco: Add support for TSCSS node
arm64: dts: qcom: qdu1000: Add support for TSCSS node
arm64: dts: qcom: shikra: Add support for TSCSS node
arm64: dts: qcom: nord: Add support for TSCSS node
.../devicetree/bindings/ptp/qcom,nord-tscss.yaml | 186 +++++++
.../bindings/ptp/qcom,qdu1000-tscss.yaml | 170 ++++++
.../bindings/ptp/qcom,sa8775p-tscss.yaml | 169 ++++++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/lemans.dtsi | 12 +
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/monaco.dtsi | 12 +
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/nord-embedded.dtsi | 14 +
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qdu1000.dtsi | 13 +
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/shikra.dtsi | 12 +
arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 1 +
drivers/ptp/Kconfig | 11 +
drivers/ptp/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/ptp/ptp_qcom_tsc.c | 598 +++++++++++++++++++++
12 files changed, 1199 insertions(+)
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base-commit: ddfe51b0a0f5dc9e415cc2c8ad8db17532dd426b
change-id: 20260705-tscss-441d844c1ee7
prerequisite-change-id: 20261107-gcc_i2c_tsc_support-64aa352d3b1d:v1
prerequisite-patch-id: 8c93973348ea4b80f1dfcd445a8a3afb8a530d21
prerequisite-patch-id: 5a3418fa67b14fd6b67e00f8c21ee699fedb320d
Best regards,
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Imran Shaik <imran.shaik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>