Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 05/24] clocksource: Add a new timer-ingenic driver | From | Daniel Lezcano <> | Date | Mon, 24 Sep 2018 07:35:05 +0200 |
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On 24/09/2018 07:24, Paul Cercueil wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Le 24 sept. 2018 05:12, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> a écrit : >> >> On 21/08/2018 19:16, Paul Cercueil wrote: >>> This driver handles the TCU (Timer Counter Unit) present on the Ingenic >>> JZ47xx SoCs, and provides the kernel with a system timer, and optionally >>> with a clocksource and a sched_clock. >>> >>> It also provides clocks and interrupt handling to client drivers. >> >> Can you provide a much more complete description of the timer in order >> to make my life easier for the review of this patch? > > See patch [03/24], it adds a doc file that describes the hardware.
Thanks, I went through but it is incomplete to understand what the timer do. I will reverse-engineer the code but it would help if you can give the gross approach. Why multiple channels ? mutexes and completion ?
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