Subject: Re: MPIC Timers as clocksource

From: Régis Odeyé <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:14:14 +0100

Kumar Gala wrote:
>
> On Jan 28, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Régis Odeyé wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>> Is there anyone who implemented a clocksource driver 
>> (drivers/clocksource) to deal with the MPIC timers especially with 
>> 86xx and 85xx soc's ?
>> Regards.
>>
>> --
>
> We have some code for using the timers but not as a clocksource.. Out 
> of interest why do want this?
>
> - k
We have a plan to use an external clock signal to drive those timers. 
This signal is common with other boards in a same enclosure so we could 
synchronize our boards with those timers.
Could you point me out to the related code even if there is some 
adaptations to get a clocksource driver.
Regards.

-- 
Régis ODEYE

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