From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752448AbbI2USl (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:18:41 -0400 Received: from unicorn.mansr.com ([81.2.72.234]:48190 "EHLO unicorn.mansr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752347AbbI2USP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:18:15 -0400 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= To: Mason Cc: Thomas Gleixner , LKML , Daniel Lezcano Subject: Re: Trivial clocksource driver References: <560ABB95.8000404@free.fr> <560AEB32.50006@free.fr> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:18:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: <560AEB32.50006@free.fr> (Mason's message of "Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:49:06 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mason writes: > On 29/09/2015 20:32, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > >> On Tue, 29 Sep 2015, Mason wrote: >> >>> I am trying to submit a new ARM port, and Arnd pointed out that the >>> clocksource code could not live in arch/arm/$PLATFORM, but had to >>> move to drivers/clocksource (and it had to support DT). >>> >>> Did I understand correctly? Is this the right place to submit code >>> as provided below? >> >> Yes, drivers/clocksource is the right place. You just need to submit a >> formal patch, which includes a proper subject line, changelog, plus >> the necessary Makefile and Kconfig modifications. > > OK, I'll send a formal patch tomorrow. > There are no Kconfig modifications, is that OK? Why don't you use my driver? It's even simpler, and it works just fine on the 87xx chip. https://github.com/mansr/linux-tangox/blob/master/drivers/clocksource/clksrc-tangox.c -- Måns Rullgård mans@mansr.com