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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 5/7] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Use only one counter
    Hi Thomas,

    On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 09:41:53PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
    > On Mon, 3 Feb 2014, Soren Brinkmann wrote:
    >
    > > Currently the driver uses two of the three counters the TTC provides to
    > > implement a clocksource and a clockevent device. By using the TTC's
    > > match feature we can implement both use cases using a single counter
    > > only.
    >
    > Are you entirely sure that this match feature is free of the infamous
    > HPET match feature issues?
    >
    > See arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c: hpet_next_event()
    >
    > If yes, please add a comment. If no ....
    Good catch. Looks like the comparator compares on == as well. So, I
    assume it may show similar issues. I'll have to spend some more time
    looking into this.

    Thanks for applying the first two patches of the series.

    Thanks,
    Sören


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