linux-kernel - Re: Add system timer driver for Mediatek SoCs

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Message-ID: <dd36b094-b11c-e6ef-a0fc-b039785e74f2@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:34:08 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Stanley Chu <stanley.chu@...iatek.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, wsd_upstream@...iatek.com
Subject: Re: Add system timer driver for Mediatek SoCs

On 25/06/2018 09:09, Stanley Chu wrote:
> This patch adds a new driver for system timer on the Mediatek SoCs.

Please elaborate why we need yet another timer.

Is this timer present on all Mediatek platform ? Does it always co-exist
with the existing one ?




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