On 7/12/21 4:02 PM, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2021 at 14:58, Daniel Baluta <daniel.bal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:21 PM Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 12:39, Daniel Baluta <daniel.bal...@oss.nxp.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Viorica Mancas <vioricaman...@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 <vioricaman...@yahoo.com> >>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.bal...@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.
And documentation/test for this new board, so others know how to use your board, and tests will protect your code for regressions.
