[PATCH 01/10] clocksource: dw_apb_timer_of: use the clocksource as sched clock if necessary

[Linus Walleij]

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Heiko Stübner <heiko at sntech.de> wrote:

> Currently the dw_apb_timer always expects a separate special timer to be
> availbable for the sched_clock. Some devices using dw_apb_timers do not
> have the sptimer but can use the clocksource as sched_clock.
> Therefore this patch adds using the clocksource timer as
> a fallback if no usable sched timer is found.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko at sntech.de>

Is this really what the patch does? I mean "ass the clocksourse as
fallback", it seems more like that is controlled from the device tree,
this looks more like some more careful handling of the device tree
input making the sched_timer optional, it doesn't really "add"
anything, does it?

Yours,
Linus Walleij