linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] clocksource/drivers/timer-mediatek: Add system timer bindings

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:15:24 +0800
From:   Stanley Chu <stanley.chu@...iatek.com>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
CC:     Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <wsd_upstream@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] clocksource/drivers/timer-mediatek: Add system
 timer bindings

On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 16:08 +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > +** System Timer (SYST)
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible: Should contain
> > +	* "mediatek,mt6765-systimer" for MT6765 compatible timers
> > +- reg: Should contain the location and length for system timer registers.
> > +- clocks: System timer is drived by system clock.
> > +
> > +Examples:
> > +
> > +	systimer@...17000 {
> > +		compatible = "mediatek,mt6765-systimer";
> 
> why not "mediatek,mt6765-timer" ? for consistency.
> 
Hi Daniel,

The original thought is to remind user to notice that different timer
will be used.

However it looks more clean if we use consistent name.

Will fix it in v4.

> > +		reg = <0 0x10017000 0 0x1000>;
> > +		interrupts = <GIC_SPI 194 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> > +		clocks = <&system_clk>;
> >  	};
> > 
> 
> 

Thanks.
Stanley Chu