linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: dts: stm32: remove useless clocksource nodes

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Date:   Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:34:23 +0200
From:   Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ludovic Barre <ludovic.barre@...com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: dts: stm32: remove useless clocksource nodes

2017-09-15 23:03 GMT+02:00 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 09:56:52AM +0200, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>> 16 bits timers aren't accurate enough to be used as
>> clocksource, remove them from stm32f4 and stm32f7 devicetree.
>
> Do you really want to remove the description? The timers are disabled, aren't they?

Yes because they are 16 bits timers and they won't be accepted anymore in
driver's probe function.