linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 18/20] mips: csrc-r4k: Decrease r4k-clocksource rating if CPU

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Message-ID: <20200520133827.GA17714@alpha.franken.de>
Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 15:38:27 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
Cc:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 18/20] mips: csrc-r4k: Decrease r4k-clocksource rating
 if CPU_FREQ enabled

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 03:12:01PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> Since you don't like the way I initially fixed it, suppose there we don't have
> another way but to introduce something like CONFIG_MIPS_CPS_NS16550_WIDTH
> parameter to select a proper accessors, like sw in our case, and sb by defaul).
> Right?

to be on the safe side it's probably the best thing. But I don't know
enough about CPS_NS16550 to judge whether shift value correlates with
possible access width.

Thomas.

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