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Message-ID: <bc62d053-1e26-d7b7-3611-f0c9237d86f3@xen0n.name>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 22:43:04 +0800
From: WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>
To: Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@...ngson.cn>,
Yun Liu <liuyun@...ngson.cn>,
Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
loongarch@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] clocksource: loongson2_hpet: add hpet driver
support
Hi,
On 9/30/22 17:35, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
> HPET (High Precision Event Timer) defines a new set of timers, which
> are used by the operating system to schedule threads, interrupt the
> kernel and interrupt the multimedia timer server. The operating
> system can assign different timers to different applications. By
> configuration, each timer can generate interrupt independently.
>
> The loongson2 HPET module includes a main count and three comparators
> , all of which are 32 bits wide. Among the three comparators, only
> one comparator supports periodic interrupt, all three comparators
> support non periodic interrupts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 6 +
> arch/loongarch/kernel/time.c | 3 +
> drivers/clocksource/Kconfig | 9 +
> drivers/clocksource/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/clocksource/loongson2_hpet.c | 332 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 351 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/clocksource/loongson2_hpet.c
Thanks for the contribution, but as HPET is a fairly common peripheral
that have well standardized behavior, why not simply add DT support to
the drivers/char/hpet.c and be done with it?
--
WANG "xen0n" Xuerui
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