On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:47 PM Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 12:46:43AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 7:45 AM Dipen Patel <dipenp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > This patch series introduces new subsystem called hardware timestamping > > > engine (HTE). It offers functionality such as timestamping through hardware > > > means in realtime. The HTE subsystem centralizes HTE provider and consumers > > > where providers can register themselves and the consumers can request > > > interested entity which could be lines, GPIO, signals or buses. The > > > HTE subsystem provides timestamp in nano seconds, having said that the provider > > > need to convert the timestamp if its not in that unit. There was upstream > > > discussion about the HTE at > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4c46726d-fa35-1a95-4295-bca37c8b6fe3@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > I like this. > > > > Can you put it in a public git and make it eligible for Stephen Rothwell to > > pull into linux-next and ask him to do so, as we intend to merge this for > > v5.19? > > Do you intend to maintain this as part of the pinctrl or GPIO trees with > Dipen as a sub-maintainer? Or would you prefer for this to be a separate > tree? It has nothing to do with pin control but a bit to do with GPIO and IIO. I think it needs to be its own tree just like regulators or clocks. Yours, Linus Walleij
