Re: [PATCH 02/15] dt-bindings: timer: add ti, dmtimer compatible for for system timers

Tony Lindgren
2020-05-12T14:57:03Z

* Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> [200512 14:53]:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:53:49 -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > The TI dual-mode timer can be used for both clocksource and clockevent
> > system timers. We need a way to specify which dual-mode timers are
> > reserved for system timers as there are multiple instances available
> > that may require a board specific configuration.
> >
> > Let's add a generic compatible "ti,dmtimer" that TIMER_OF_DECLARE can
> > use as suggested by Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/ti,timer.txt | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>

Looks like this is no longer needed with v3 set in the repost
thread:

"[PATCHv3 00/14] Update omaps to use drivers/clocksource timers"

It now does detection for the preferred system timers based on
the various timer features like you suggested.

Regards,

Tony