Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: document how to setup rockchip timers as clocksource

From	Alexander Kochetkov <al.kochet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: document how to setup rockchip timers as clocksource
Date	2016-11-30 22:50 +0100
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> 1 дек. 2016 г., в 0:30, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> написал(а):
> 
> 1st and 2nd are ambiguous. Plus this is an OS implementation detail that 
> doesn't belong in the binding.
> 
>> +If you want to bind specific timer as clockevent (i.e. one from alive subsystem)
>> +and specific timer as clocksource, you can number the timers in "aliases" node.
> 
> No. 
> 
> Use and/or describe what are the features of a timer to make the 
> decision. There has to be some reason you care which one. One has an 
> interrupt and the other doesn't. One is always on. Etc.

Thank you, Rob.

Eventually I abandoned this decision.
I left only one patch, which you confirmed recently.

And sorry for making noise with duplicate patches.

Alexander.

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Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: document how to setup rockchip timers as  clocksource Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-11-30 22:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: document how to setup rockchip timers as clocksource Alexander Kochetkov <al.kochet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 22:50 +0100

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