RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] clocksource/drivers/timer-mediatek: Convert timer-mediatek to a loadable module

Hi Zhipeng,

On 3/9/26 06:31, Zhipeng Wang wrote:

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Hello Daniel,

I'd be very happy to collaborate on this!

Great, let me see if I can cook a patch in the next days

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My availability: I can dedicate time to work on this over the next few weeks.

I'm happy to help with:

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    - Testing the new macros with IMX timer drivers
    - Converting existing drivers as examples
    - Reviewing and testing patches
    - Documentation

That's awesome, thanks

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My understanding is that, based on your RFC, we should use two macros —

TIMER_OF_DECLARE_PDEV and TIMER_OF_DECLARE_PLATFORM_DRIVER.

Yes, but also sort out the existing TIMER_OF_DECLARE macro vs MODULE in
order to prevent #ifdef MODULE in the drivers

Hi Daniel,

Yes, that's our goal.

I'll test the new macros (TIMER_OF_DECLARE_PLATFORM_DRIVER and 
TIMER_OF_DECLARE_EARLY_PLATFORM_DRIVER) with the IMX timer drivers 
once the patches are available.

Best regards,
Zhipeng

A side note, as Trilok commented:

  - you should not do top post. Keep inline comments with the previous emails
so we can have the context.

  - trim the emails when possible. IOW remove text not related with the
discussion

  - use text mode with the mailer, not html or whatever

  - for more information refer to Documentation/process/email-clients.rst

Thanks for your help

   -- Daniel