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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:51:34 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GTE - The hardware timestamping engine
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On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:03:18AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> I agree. My understanding is the the TSC is basically an SoC-wide clock
> that can be (and is) used by several hardware blocks. There's an
> interface for software to read out the value, but it's part of a block
> called TKE (time-keeping engine, if I recall correctly) that implements
> various clock sources and watchdog functionality.

...

> Anyway, I think given that the GTE doesn't provide that clock itself but
> rather just a means of taking a snapshot of that clock and stamping
> certain events with that, it makes more sense to provide that clock from
> the TKE driver.

It sounds like TKE + GTE together act like a PHC, and GTE doesn't
need/want its own SW interface.

Thanks,
Richard