On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 09:22:09AM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > On 6/17/22 08:37, N, Pandith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We have a Intel Timed IO peripheral with following functionalities : > > > > 1. Event capture capability - Captures event count and timestamp. > > 2. Pulse generation - periodic or single event generation. > > 3. Return cross-timestamp on request. > > > > Timed IO device is being used in various Industrial use cases such as : time capture, synchronization, fan speed calculation etc. > > > > IIO or counter subsystem seems to be suitable for timed-io driver. > > > > Is it favourable to implement as part of IIO or counter subsystem ? Wanted to know your feedback. > > That sounds like a mix of a counter and PPS device. Have you looked at the > PPS subsystem[1]? The newly HTE subsystem was proposed by Linus W. to be used for this case. > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/pps.html -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
