Hi Geert,
On Monday, January 16, 2017, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Do you think it would be better if a driver instance only does 1
> > thing: Either 'clocksource' or 'clock event'??
> > Then, I would make 2 ostm nodes and pass in the mode I would like it
> operate in?
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > &ostm0 {
> > mode = "clocksource";
> > status = "okay";
> > };
> >
> > &ostm1 {
> > mode = "clock-event";
> > status = "okay";
> > };
>
> Again, that's software policy, not hardware description.
>
> As they're independent channels, it doesn't matter which one is used for
> which function, right?
Correct.
> You could use the first probed channel for the most important function
> (clocksource?), and the second one for the other function (clockevent).
> So there's no need for specifying this in DT.
>
> Does that make sense?
That works for me. I'll modify the driver and retest. Thanks for the idea!
Chris
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