linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ARM: vf610: Add ARM Global Timer clocksource option

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:45:14 +0800
From:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>
To:	Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
CC:	<kernel@...gutronix.de>, <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	<tglx@...utronix.de>, <festevam@...il.com>,
	<jingchang.lu@...escale.com>, <bpringlemeir@...ps.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ARM: vf610: Add ARM Global Timer clocksource
 option

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 06:20:10PM +0200, Stefan Agner wrote:
> Add the ARM Global Timer as clocksource/scheduler clock option and
> use it as default scheduler clock. This leaves the PIT timer for
> other users e.g. the secondary Cortex-M4 core. Also, the Global Timer
> has double the precission (running at pheripheral clock compared to
> IPG clock) and a 64-bit incrementing counter register. We still keep
> the PIT timer as an secondary option in case the ARM Global Timer is
> not available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>

Applied, thanks.
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