linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 09/11] clocksource: add TI 32.768 Hz counter driver

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Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 2015 04:03:36 -0700
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM Kernel Mailing List 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 09/11] clocksource: add TI 32.768 Hz counter driver

* Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com> [151005 03:56]:
> * Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> [151001 15:04]:
> > >+	clocks_calc_mult_shift(&persistent_mult, &persistent_shift,
> > >+			32768, NSEC_PER_SEC, 120000);
> > >+
> > >+	ret = clocksource_mmio_init(sync32k_cnt_reg, "32k_counter", 32768,
> > >+				250, 32, clocksource_mmio_readl_up);
> > >+	if (ret) {
> > >+		pr_err("32k_counter: can't register clocksource\n");
> > >+		return;
> > >+	}
> > >+
> > >+	sched_clock_register(omap_32k_read_sched_clock, 32, 32768);
> > >+	register_persistent_clock(NULL, omap_read_persistent_clock64);
> > 
> > I will let John Stultz to have a look at this part because I have doubt
> > regarding the usage of the persistent clock.
> 
> The persistent clock we want to keep for deeper idle states..
> Especially when we start changing clocksource for the duration of
> deeper idle states. I'll post some updated patches on that when I
> get a chance.

But sounds like we can just have read_persistent_clock() check
for the CLOCK_SOURCE_SUSPEND_NONSTOP like I pointed in the other
patch in this series.

Tony
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