[PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: DRA7x: dts: Update the OSC_32K_CLK frequency

Tero Kristo t-kristo at ti.com
Tue May 3 11:08:54 PDT 2016


On 03/05/16 20:49, J.D. Schroeder wrote:
> On 05/03/2016 12:32 PM, Tero Kristo wrote:
>> Personally I would not recommend using this clock for any timing sensitive
>> applications. May I ask why you are interested in the exact clock rate of this
>> clock anyway?
>
> I'm not interested in using this clock and I'm not sure how anyone would use
> this clock outside of the processor. See the inline comment that is part of
> the change and the commit message for the change. There is no hint in my
> change that this is an exact clock rate. It is a clarifying change to help
> others avoid using this clock as a 32 kHz clock (which the current clock name
> and frequency imply) and it more accurately represents the actual hardware
> behavior.
>

Imo, if you want to clarify things up, the whole secure_32k_ck should be 
removed from linux kernel.

-Tero



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