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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/4] clocksource: stm32: convert driver to timer_of
2017-10-17 19:09 GMT+02:00 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>:
> On 02/10/2017 17:51, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>> Convert driver to use timer_of helpers. This allow to remove
>> custom proprietary structure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org>
>> ---
>
> [ ... ]
>
>> - clockevents_config_and_register(&data->evtdev,
>> - DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(rate, prescaler),
>> - 0x1, max_delta);
>> -
>> - ret = request_irq(irq, stm32_clock_event_handler, IRQF_TIMER,
>> - "stm32 clockevent", data);
>> - if (ret) {
>> - pr_err("%pOF: failed to request irq.\n", np);
>> - goto err_get_irq;
>> - }
>> + clockevents_config_and_register(&to->clkevt,
>> + timer_of_period(to), 0x60, max_delta);
>
>
> Why 0x1 -> 0x60 ?

Because if the min delta is too small it could generate too much interrupts
and the system will not be able to catch all of them.

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