From: "Jernej Škrabec" <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>
To: Michal Piekos <michal.piekos@mmpsystems.pl>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>,
Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-sunxi@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: allwinner: enable h616 timer support
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:03:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4721811.LvFx2qVVIh@jernej-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <n2bupd37br2mp7ls6c5z5ueoancr53tn4mywg2vvrlpyhmkex4@lxe6tfdhwz5e>
Dne nedelja, 29. marec 2026 ob 14:07:19 Srednjeevropski poletni čas je Michal Piekos napisal(a):
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 01:53:45PM +0200, Jernej Škrabec wrote:
> > Dne nedelja, 29. marec 2026 ob 13:43:04 Srednjeevropski poletni čas je Michal Piekos napisal(a):
> > > Add support for timer by reusing existing sun4i timer driver.
> > >
> > > H616 timer is compatible with earlier sunxi timer variants and provides
> > > both clocksource and clockevent functionality. It runs from 24 MHz
> > > oscillator. It can serve as broadcast clockevent for wake up from idle
> > > states.
> > >
> > > Tested on Orange Pi Zero 3:
> > > - timer is registered as clocksource:
> > > - switching clocksource at runtime works
> > > - timer operates as a broadcast clockevent device
> > > - no regression observed compared to arch_sys_counter
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Piekos <michal.piekos@mmpsystems.pl>
> > > ---
> > > Test results:
> > >
> > > Clocksource switching:
> > > cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource
> > > arch_sys_counter timer
> > > echo timer > /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
> > > [ 5031.105997] clocksource: Switched to clocksource timer
> > >
> > > Clockevent configuration:
> > > cat /proc/timer_list
> > > ...
> > > Tick Device: mode: 1
> > > Broadcast device
> > > Clock Event Device: sun4i_tick
> > > max_delta_ns: 178956969070
> > > min_delta_ns: 1000
> > > mult: 51539608
> > > shift: 31
> > > mode: 1
> > > next_event: 9223372036854775807 nsecs
> > > set_next_event: sun4i_clkevt_next_event
> > > shutdown: sun4i_clkevt_shutdown
> > > periodic: sun4i_clkevt_set_periodic
> > > oneshot: sun4i_clkevt_set_oneshot
> > > resume: sun4i_clkevt_shutdown
> > > event_handler: tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Cyclictest measurements:
> > > Dominated by system scheduler latency and do not reflect clocksource
> > > precision.
> > > ---
> > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616.dtsi | 9 +++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616.dtsi
> > > index 8d1110c14bad..bf054869e78b 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616.dtsi
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616.dtsi
> > > @@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ cpu_speed_grade: cpu-speed-grade@0 {
> > > };
> > > };
> > >
> > > + timer0: timer@3009000 {
> > > + compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h616-timer",
> > > + "allwinner,sun8i-a23-timer";
> >
> > You have to add above combo to DT bindings.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Jernej
>
> Not sure I understand your comment correctly but binding for h616 is already
> there:
>
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/allwinner,sun4i-a10-timer.yaml:21-27
> - items:
> - enum:
> - allwinner,sun20i-d1-timer
> - allwinner,sun50i-a64-timer
> - allwinner,sun50i-h6-timer
> - allwinner,sun50i-h616-timer
> - const: allwinner,sun8i-a23-timer
>
> BR
> Michal
Sorry, sometimes tooling fails me. All good.
Reviewed-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>
Best regards,
Jernej
>
> >
> > > + reg = <0x03009000 0xa0>;
> > > + interrupts = <GIC_SPI 48 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
> > > + <GIC_SPI 49 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> > > + clocks = <&osc24M>;
> > > + };
> > > +
> > > watchdog: watchdog@30090a0 {
> > > compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h616-wdt",
> > > "allwinner,sun6i-a31-wdt";
> > >
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: be762d8b6dd7efacb61937d20f8475db8f207655
> > > change-id: 20260328-h616-timer-046e6ac3549e
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-29 13:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-29 11:43 [PATCH] arm64: dts: allwinner: enable h616 timer support Michal Piekos
2026-03-29 11:53 ` Jernej Škrabec
2026-03-29 12:07 ` Michal Piekos
2026-03-29 13:03 ` Jernej Škrabec [this message]
2026-03-29 13:22 ` Chen-Yu Tsai
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