From: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
To: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Cc: "Steven J. Hill" <Steven.Hill@imgtec.com>,
linux-mips@linux-mips.org,
Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com>,
ralf@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: GIC: Select R4K counter as fallback.
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:38:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52316F86.6010709@metafoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52316E5D.4020100@phrozen.org>
On 09/12/2013 09:33 AM, John Crispin wrote:
> On 12/09/13 09:28, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
>> On 09/11/2013 09:51 PM, Steven J. Hill wrote:
>>> From: Leonid Yegoshin<Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com>
>>>
>>> If CONFIG_CSRC_GIC is selected and the GIC is not found during
>>> boot, then fallback to the R4K counter gracefully.
>>
>> Is there any reason not to always register the r4k clocksource, no matter
>> whether the gic clocksource is present or not? The timekeeping core of the
>> kernel will make sure to use the best available clocksource based on the
>> clocksource's rating.
>>
>> - Lars
>
> Hi,
>
> in theory yes, but the r4k csrc is coded in a way that it always assumes to
> always be present and always be running.
>
And it is not present when the GIC clocksource is present?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-12 7:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-11 19:51 [PATCH v2] MIPS: GIC: Select R4K counter as fallback Steven J. Hill
2013-09-12 6:34 ` John Crispin
2013-09-12 7:28 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2013-09-12 7:33 ` John Crispin
2013-09-12 7:38 ` Lars-Peter Clausen [this message]
2013-09-12 8:04 ` John Crispin
2013-09-12 18:23 ` Leonid Yegoshin
2013-09-12 18:23 ` Leonid Yegoshin
2013-09-13 7:52 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
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