Re: [PATCH 3/5] Deforest the function pointer jungle in the time code.

[Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>]

Hello, I wrote:

> > It matters only for clock source (well I
> > think) that's why I suggested to rewrite a clock source driver only
> > for this platform...
>    Yeah, this platform certainly *needs* another clocksource than the 
   Not necessarily so -- we could use count1 *exclusively* as clocksource 
after some setup, i.e. setting its comparator to all ones, hooking its IRQ and 
enabling the counting.
> counter used for the clock events -- currently it's count/compare 2.
   ... and use that one as clockevent.

>    And this platform also *needs* a separate clocksource driver as well 
   I meant to say "clockevent" here. :-)

> since the PNX8550 counters *do* support auto-reaload mode here -- in 
> fact, this seems to be the only supported mode from the manual excerpt 
> cited here:
> http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2006-12/msg00194.html
WBR, Sergei