[PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: mt8173: add timer node

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at arm.com
Thu Sep 17 06:51:44 PDT 2015



On 16/09/15 03:04, Yingjoe Chen wrote:
> From: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz at chromium.org>
>
> Add device node to enable GPT timer. This timer will be
> used as sched clock source.
>

Interesting any known issues with or advantage over the arch timers
to prefer it as sched clock source. I see even arch timers are present
in DT, hence the question. Or is it just a incorrect commit log ?

How does this get selected as sched clock source ? I don't see
sched_clock_register in mtk_timer.c

To be clear, I am not against adding this timer support, but just want
to know is it preferred for sched clock source ? if yes why ? better
resolution ?

> Change-Id: Idc4e3f0ee80b5c36cae6f0f2328f94aafcca1253

^ Should be dropped

> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz at chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Eddie Huang <eddie.huang at mediatek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen at mediatek.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi | 9 +++++++++
>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi
> index d18ee42..d763803 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi
> @@ -238,6 +238,15 @@
>   			reg = <0 0x10007000 0 0x100>;
>   		};
>
> +		timer: timer at 10008000 {
> +			compatible = "mediatek,mt8173-timer",

Missing documentation ? I am referring upstream and it might be in some 
patches already queued perhaps ?

Regards,
Sudeep



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