Re: [PATCH] hw: timer: Add i.MX sysctr timer implementation

[Peter Maydell]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2021 at 14:58, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:21 PM Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> 
> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 12:39, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@oss.nxp.com> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Viorica Mancas <vioricamancas@yahoo.com>
> > >
> > > The System Counter (SYS_CTR) is a programmable system counter, which 
> > > provides a
> > > shared time base to multiple processors. It is intended for applications 
> > > where the counter
> > > is always powered on, and supports multiple unrelated clocks.
> > >
> > > This system counter can be found on NXP i.MX8MN.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Viorica Mancas <vioricamancas@yahoo.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@nxp.com>
> >
> > Is there a board model or an update to an existing board that
> > would use this device? We don't usually take device models that
> > are completely unused upstream.
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> This can be found in i.MX8MN board. Should we add this patch together
> with the upcoming patches for i.MX8?

Yeah, you should start with a board model plus a minimal
set of devices as the initial part to try to upstream.

thanks
-- PMM