[PATCH v2] clocksource: sp804: Make user selectable
Mark Rutland
mark.rutland at arm.com
Mon Jul 15 04:06:52 PDT 2024
On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 08:48:14PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> The sp804 is currently only user selectable if COMPILE_TEST, this was
> done by commit dfc82faad725 ("clocksource/drivers/sp804: Add
> COMPILE_TEST to CONFIG_ARM_TIMER_SP804") in order to avoid it being
> spuriously offered on platforms that won't have the hardware since it's
> generally only seen on Arm based platforms. This config is overly
> restrictive, while platforms that rely on the SP804 do select it in
> their Kconfig there are others such as the Arm fast models which have a
> SP804 available but currently unused by Linux. Relax the dependency to
> allow it to be user selectable on arm and arm64 to avoid surprises and
> in case someone comes up with a use for extra timer hardware.
>
> Fixes: dfc82faad725 ("clocksource/drivers/sp804: Add COMPILE_TEST to CONFIG_ARM_TIMER_SP804")
> Reported-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Mark.
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Rebase onto v6.10-rc1.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240522-arm64-vexpress-sp804-v1-1-0344cd42eb77@kernel.org
> ---
> drivers/clocksource/Kconfig | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> index 34faa0320ece..ca6045f90000 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> @@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ config ARM_GT_INITIAL_PRESCALER_VAL
> This affects CPU_FREQ max delta from the initial frequency.
>
> config ARM_TIMER_SP804
> - bool "Support for Dual Timer SP804 module" if COMPILE_TEST
> + bool "Support for Dual Timer SP804 module"
> + depends on ARM || ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
> depends on GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK && HAVE_CLK
> select CLKSRC_MMIO
> select TIMER_OF if OF
>
> ---
> base-commit: 1613e604df0cd359cf2a7fbd9be7a0bcfacfabd0
> change-id: 20240522-arm64-vexpress-sp804-365d6938b07c
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
>
>
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