linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] clocksource: Add Realtek system timer driver

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Message-ID: <87a50hkn06.ffs@tglx>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:38:01 +0100
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Hao-Wen Ting <haowen.ting@...ltek.com>, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org
Cc: jinn.cheng@...ltek.com, edwardwu@...ltek.com, phelic@...ltek.com,
 shawn.huang724@...ltek.com, haowen.ting@...ltek.com, cy.huang@...ltek.com,
 james.tai@...ltek.com, cylee12@...ltek.com, phinex@...ltek.com,
 conor+dt@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org, robh@...nel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 stanley_chang@...ltek.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] clocksource: Add Realtek system timer driver

On Thu, Nov 20 2025 at 14:30, Hao-Wen Ting wrote:
> Add a system timer driver for Realtek SoCs.
>
> This driver registers the 1 MHz global hardware counter on Realtek
> platforms as a clock event device. Since this hardware counter starts
> counting automatically after SoC power-on, no clock initialization is
> required. Because the counter does not stop or get affected by CPU power
> down, and it supports oneshot mode, it is typically used as a tick
> broadcast timer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hao-Wen Ting <haowen.ting@...ltek.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>