Re: [PATCH 23/30] loongson: CS5536 MFGPT as system clock source support

From: Wu Zhangjin
Date: Fri May 15 2009 - 21:16:11 EST


On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 17:39 -0700, john stultz wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +static struct clocksource clocksource_mfgpt = {
> > + .name = "mfgpt",
> > + .rating = 1200,
>
> Minor nit. Please read the comment over the struct clocksource
> definition in include/linux/clocksource.h for a guide to setting the
> rating value for your clocksource.
>

as the comment describes, just like the 8253 Timer, the precision of
cs5536 mfgpt Timer is not good, the rating of it should be in the range
of 100-199? Functional for real use, but not desired?

thanks!
Wu Zhangjin

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