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From:   Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Feb 2018 10:31:35 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: Enable SPRD_TIMER
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
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Hi Baolin,

On 6 February 2018 at 18:36, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> wrote:
> Enable Spreadtrum timer driver for Spreadtrum plaform, which will be used
> as tick broadcast device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> index fbedbd8..3e0bbb0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> @@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ config ARCH_TEGRA
>
>  config ARCH_SPRD
>         bool "Spreadtrum SoC platform"
> +       select SPRD_TIMER

Do we have to select SPRD_TIMER here? SC9836, SC9860 have been working
with a minimum system without SPRD TIMER.

Thanks,
Chunyan

>         help
>           Support for Spreadtrum ARM based SoCs
>
> --
> 1.7.9.5
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