Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Make Armada 375 use the reference clock when possible

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Hi Daniel,

I'll review before the weekend and will let you know something.
But everything through one tree is fine by me.

Kind regards,
Wim.

> On 11/04/2014 02:21 PM, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> >Hi Daniel, Wim:
> >
> >Seems we are ready to merge these, unless some objection raises. Do you 
> >think
> >you can take the patches through your trees?
> 
> Hi Wim,
> 
> I can take through my tree the entire patchset if you want but I need 
> your blessing for the watchdog part.
> 
> Thanks
>   -- Daniel
> 
> >Changes from v2:
> >
> >   * Fix messed up empty lines, as suggested by Thomas Petazzoni.
> >
> >Changes from v1:
> >
> >   * Make the A375 timer and watchdog devicetree binding match the hardware
> >     and require the two available clocks: core and reference clock.
> >
> >This series adds support for the 25 MHz reference clock available on
> >Armada 375 SoC to be used on the timer and watchdog drivers. It is
> >similar to the one present in Armada XP SoC.
> >
> >Given we initially had access to only a very early SoC revision (A375 Z1)
> >and due to a hardware issue, the timer and watchdog support was originally
> >submitted to use the core clock.
> >
> >Now that the A0 SoC revision is out, we can fix this and use the reference
> >clock. The reason for this change is that the core clock is subject to the
> >SSCG (Spread Spectrum Clock Generator), so boards where SSCG is enabled
> >exhibit a very large timer drift.
> >
> >Notice that this change will produce unpleseant results on A375 Z1, given 
> >the
> >reference 25 MHz clock doesn't work properly on that SoC revision.
> >
> >But since the Z1 revision is not supported by the recently submitted A375
> >network driver (mvpp2), and therefore nobody is expected to run mainline
> >(if there are users at all of this early revision), the support will be
> >dropped entirely in a near future.
> >
> >To prevent any compatibility issues when booting with an older devicetree,
> >this series provides proper fall backs in each case.
> >
> >The series applies on v3.18-rc2.
> >
> >Ezequiel Garcia (3):
> >   clocksource: armada-370-xp: Add missing clock enable
> >   watchdog: orion: Use the reference clock on Armada 375 SoC
> >   clocksource: armada-370-xp: Use the reference clock on A375 SoC
> >
> >  .../bindings/timer/marvell,armada-370-xp-timer.txt |  9 +++--
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/watchdog/marvel.txt        | 13 +++++++
> >  drivers/clocksource/time-armada-370-xp.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c                       | 42 
> >  +++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  4 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> 
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