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From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:22:55 +0100
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Subject: Re: Intel timed i/o driver in HTE
To:     "N, Pandith" <pandith.n@intel.com>
Cc:     Dipen Patel <dipenp@nvidia.com>,
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        "D, Lakshmi Sowjanya" <lakshmi.sowjanya.d@intel.com>,
        "T R, Thejesh Reddy" <thejesh.reddy.t.r@intel.com>,
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 3:38 PM N, Pandith <pandith.n@intel.com> wrote:

> Since the current gpio framework is inadequate to periodic output modes.
> I thought to disentangle from gpio and develop a new hte consumer. Something like hte-libcdev.c

Maybe, if Dipen wants it.
Or maybe it needs its own subsystem.
Or maybe it should be with whatever is using these pulse trains.

Again: what is it used for? If we have no idea what it is supposed to
be used for, we cannot place it right, even less test it.

Yours,
Linus Walleij