linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: omap2: am437x: rollback to use omap3_gptimer_timer

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Date:   Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:35:49 -0800
From:   Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:     Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>
Cc:     t-kristo@...com, linux@...linux.org.uk, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: omap2: am437x: rollback to use
 omap3_gptimer_timer_init()

* Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com> [161204 19:58]:
> From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
> 
> The commit 55ee7017ee31 ("arm: omap2: board-generic: use
> omap4_local_timer_init for AM437x") unintentionally changes the
> clocksource devices for AM437x from OMAP GP Timer to SyncTimer32K.
> 
> Unfortunately, the SyncTimer32K is starving from frequency deviation
> as mentioned in commit 5b5c01359152 ("ARM: OMAP2+: AM43x: Use gptimer
> as clocksource") and, as reported by Franklin [1], even its monotonic
> nature is under question (most probably there is a HW issue, but it's
> still under investigation).
> 
> Taking into account above facts It's reasonable to rollback to the use
> of omap3_gptimer_timer_init().
> 
> [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg127425.html

Applying into omap-for-v4.10/fixes thanks.

Tony