Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Walleij <> | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:59:05 +0100 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v2 10/14] m68k: mac: Convert to clocksource API |
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:00 AM Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> If you use one timer as a clock event device and the other as a > clocksource, there are no timers left to run the existing > timer_interrupt() handler. So this arrangement would require > GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS=y, right?
I think so, yes.
> Then, wouldn't all relevant platforms have to support > GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS=y, if a single binary was to support all of those > platforms?
Good point. I wonder of there is a path forward where we could have peaceful GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS and !GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS co-existence.
Yours, Linus Walleij
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