Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] clocksource: exynos_mct: Add arch_timer cooperation mode for ARM64

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Oct 19 2018 - 03:44:26 EST


On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 11:57, Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> To get ARM Architected Timers working on Samsung Exynos SoCs, one has to
> first configure and enable Exynos Multi-Core Timer, because they both
> share some common hardware blocks (global system counter). This patch
> adds a mode of cooperation with arch_timer driver, so kernel can use
> CP15 based timer interface via arch_timer driver, which is mandatory
> on ARM64. In such mode MCT driver only enables its clocks and starts
> global timer. Everything else will be handled by arch_timer driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clocksource/exynos_mct.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof