Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Hello. > > Kumar Gala wrote: > >>> Kumar Gala wrote: > >>>> I haven't looked at all the new clock/timer code, is there any >>>> utility in having support for more than one clock source? > >>> Of course, you may register as many as you like. > >> Sure, but is there any utility in registering more than the decrementer >> on PPC? > > Not yet. I'm not sure I know any other PPC CPU facility fitting for > clockevents. In theory, FIT could be used -- but its period is measured in > powers of 2, IIRC.
Wouldn't it be possible to use SoC timer functionality, too, and not limit this to what is only present on the CPU die? I guess the real question is, how high resolution does a high resolution timer need to be, and how often do you want to be handling interrupts? The 52XX has 8 general purpose timers and 2 slice timers. Both will generate an interrupt once the clock hits a preset value, the timing of which is determined by prescalers and the IPB clock.. -- Matt Sealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
