Re: [PATCH 2/3] clocksource/drivers/timer-ti-dm: Make timer selectable for ARCH_K3

[Daniel Lezcano]

Hi Tony,

On 23/05/2022 09:13, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> [220520 15:24]:
> > On 08/04/2022 12:17, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> > > --- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
> > > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config CLKEVT_I8253
> > >    config I8253_LOCK
> > >    	bool
> > > -config OMAP_DM_TIMER
> > > +config OMAP_DM_SYSTIMER
> > >    	bool
> > >    	select TIMER_OF
> > > @@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ config DIGICOLOR_TIMER
> > >    	help
> > >    	  Enables the support for the digicolor timer driver.
> > > +config OMAP_DM_TIMER
> > > +	tristate "OMAP dual-mode timer driver" if ARCH_K3 || COMPILE_TEST
> >
> > Actually, I missed this. Could you convert to a 'bool' there is no module in
> > the timer drivers ATM.
>
> OK sure will do.
>
> Did you notice some loadable module usage issues for timers that are not
> system timers? Just wondering if there are some issues that I did not
> notice.

I think the removal won't be supported. We already had a proposal to 
move one of the timer as a module but I wanted to have more insights 
about the changes, not just do that because of a GKI Android.



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