Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:23:29 -0700 | From | Tony Lindgren <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 02/14] clocksource/drivers/timer-ti-dm: Add clockevent and clocksource support |
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* Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> [200427 15:03]: > On 27/04/2020 16:31, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > Hi, > > > > * Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> [200427 09:19]: > >> On 17/04/2020 18:55, Tony Lindgren wrote: > >>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/ti,timer.txt > >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/ti,timer.txt > >>> @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Required properties: > >>> ti,omap5430-timer (applicable to OMAP543x devices) > >>> ti,am335x-timer (applicable to AM335x devices) > >>> ti,am335x-timer-1ms (applicable to AM335x devices) > >>> + ti,dmtimer-clockevent (when used as for clockevent) > >>> + ti,dmtimer-clocksource (when used as for clocksource) > >> > >> Please, submit a separate patch for this. > >> > >> Before you resend as is, this will be nacked as clocksource / clockevent > >> is not a hardware description but a Linux thing. > >> > >> Finding a way to characterize that from the DT is an endless discussion > >> since years, so I suggest to use a single property for the timer eg > >> <ti,dmtimer> and initialize the clocksource and the clockevent in the > >> driver. > > > > Hmm good point. We still need to specify which timer is a clocksource > > and which one a clockevent somehow. > > > > Maybe we could have a generic properties like the clock framework such as: > > > > assigned-system-clocksource > > assigned-system-clockevent > > I think that will be the same problem :/
Seems like other SoCs have the same issue too with multiple timers to configure.
> Is it possible to check the interrupt for the clockevent ? A timer node > with the interrrupt is the clockevent, without it is a clocksource.
OK let's try that. So the configuration would become then:
compatible = "ti,dmtimer; /* reserved for system timers */ /delete-property/interrupts; /* ok so it's a clocksource */ /delete-property/interrupts-extended;
Regards,
Tony
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