[PATCH 2/6] clocksource: add lpc32xx timer driver

Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-09T20:24:09Z

On Thursday 02 April 2015 18:35:33 Joachim Eastwood wrote:
> On 2 April 2015 at 16:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 01 April 2015 23:20:39 Joachim Eastwood wrote:
> >> Add support for using the NXP LPC timer as clocksource and
> >> clock event. These timers are present on many NXP devices
> >> including LPC32xx, LPC17xx, LPC18xx and LPC43xx.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@gmail.com>
> >>
> >
> > Would it make sense to change mach-lpc32xx as a follow-up to use
> > the same driver? It currently hardcodes a driver instead of using
> > DT.
>
> I believe it would be hard since mach-lpc32xx currently lacks a proper
> clk driver. mach-lpc32xx/timer.c currently does a lot of SoC specific
> init.
>
> But if a better clk driver comes along for mach-lpc32xx the swap should be easy.

Right, makes sense.

Arnd