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([2a05:6e02:1041:c10:ae20:597c:99b8:d161]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-48534fa65a6sm77570025e9.2.2026.03.09.02.38.59 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:38:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <019942a0-e9f2-45f1-8e04-26ecc9822705@oss.qualcomm.com> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:38:59 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] clocksource/drivers/timer-mediatek: Convert timer-mediatek to a loadable module To: Zhipeng Wang Cc: "daniel.lezcano@linaro.org" , "tglx@kernel.org" , "shawnguo@kernel.org" , "s.hauer@pengutronix.de" , "kernel@pengutronix.de" , "festevam@gmail.com" , "matthias.bgg@gmail.com" , "angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "imx@lists.linux.dev" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org" , "chun-hung.wu@mediatek.com" , "walter.chang@mediatek.com" , "jstultz@google.com" , "amergnat@baylibre.com" , Aisheng Dong , Jindong Yue , Xuegang Liu , Greg Kroah-Hartman References: <20260304081207.4030882-1-zhipeng.wang_1@nxp.com> <20260304081207.4030882-4-zhipeng.wang_1@nxp.com> <6255aa0f-529c-41cb-be32-e5d54a839125@oss.qualcomm.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Daniel Lezcano In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: 0zPY5p9X1YL1bdLyIdegr-uIz-RbvQo_ X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjYwMzA5MDA4OSBTYWx0ZWRfXy/ERH/5FZza/ Z9NBq1D0xHXS+smJ0Jsk/iTVWSLbcmnbSv6LYZjH7SZ7Yf4WqpjuTg/ZJh+Wx1BuvqKri2EdqxI E4N6IuawxL/TowssFHh0IJLAaoVq+9J++Ms2PFZbZSgdZxOfOU4Dx+LcnwZFRX4Hiz8LAWvhy1r 5hRBfFokHZS1/t2UNH6tK53wiKhVCEiKDO+Cb69fUYi4SXR5UrUNaRLZzujDjv0bJTeSSIjBub1 YrFOUBtZqBDlVJd76cFBETcHRdzmnysfrOPkXX66ERNNMIobG6zi+oyxeVS6uZ6RwJ5zLcbMnn6 la03QTac40y7RLBMtG0uhu/GAPBSiZzwuqv/f89vr4uiFLuWYZhy8A9Xvq2mIir3Zzx7I+3Jodl 0I5EKDDuzxvD+MRI9oIJZni+F8pdYdUAHJcpNy211o2v9EagwyzP8wN4jJW4Ml0v5vw+8Ud+8oc J/CPH+hjTf6EqDjNoSA== X-Proofpoint-GUID: 0zPY5p9X1YL1bdLyIdegr-uIz-RbvQo_ X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=RP++3oi+ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=69ae9536 cx=c_pps a=50t2pK5VMbmlHzFWWp8p/g==:117 a=xqWC_Br6kY4A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=Yq5XynenixoA:10 a=s4-Qcg_JpJYA:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=u7WPNUs3qKkmUXheDGA7:22 a=DJpcGTmdVt4CTyJn9g5Z:22 a=l2TV3C2-n_0iOSrWiQ0A:9 a=3ZKOabzyN94A:10 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=IoWCM6iH3mJn3m4BftBB:22 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1143,Hydra:6.1.51,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2026-03-09_03,2026-03-06_02,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 adultscore=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 clxscore=1015 bulkscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 suspectscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.22.0-2602130000 definitions=main-2603090089 Hi Zhipeng, On 3/9/26 06:31, Zhipeng Wang wrote: > Hello Daniel, > > I'd be very happy to collaborate on this! Great, let me see if I can cook a patch in the next days > My availability: I can dedicate time to work on this over the next few weeks. I'm happy to help with: > - Testing the new macros with IMX timer drivers > - Converting existing drivers as examples > - Reviewing and testing patches > - Documentation That's awesome, thanks > My understanding is that, based on your RFC, we should use two macros — TIMER_OF_DECLARE_PDEV and TIMER_OF_DECLARE_PLATFORM_DRIVER. Yes, but also sort out the existing TIMER_OF_DECLARE macro vs MODULE in order to prevent #ifdef MODULE in the drivers A side note, as Trilok commented: - you should not do top post. Keep inline comments with the previous emails so we can have the context. - trim the emails when possible. IOW remove text not related with the discussion - use text mode with the mailer, not html or whatever - for more information refer to Documentation/process/email-clients.rst Thanks for your help -- Daniel