From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Telecom Clock driver for MPCBL0010 ATCA compute blade.
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:11:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050831191155.GH703@openzaurus.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200508301159.34053.mgross@linux.intel.com>
Hi!
> The following is a driver I would like to see included in the base kernel.
>
> It allows OS controll of a device that synchronizes signaling hardware across a ATCA chassis.
>
> The telecom clock hardware doesn't interact much with the operating system, and is controlled
> via registers in the FPGA on the hardware. It is hardware that is unique to this computer.
Now... it is probably not feasible, but: why does it need special interface to userland?
Could not it simply act as yet another timesource, and be controlled via get/settimeofday?
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-01 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-30 18:59 Mark Gross
2005-08-30 19:16 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-08-30 20:31 ` Mark Gross
2005-08-30 20:36 ` Mark Gross
2005-08-30 21:19 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-08-30 22:19 ` Mark Gross
2005-08-30 22:31 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-08-31 15:56 ` Mark Gross
2005-08-31 19:11 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2005-09-02 15:01 ` Mark Gross
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