This timer does not support oneshot mode and as such the system remains
in periodic mode and won't support high res timers.
This patch adds a note about this in Kconfig and lets it depend on
!highres so users which want to use high timers don' stuck with this
timer.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: Hua Yan <yanh@lemote.com>
Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
Cc: Alex Smith <alex.smith@imgtec.com>
Cc: Hongliang Tao <taohl@lemote.com>
Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6935/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
config CS5536_MFGPT
bool "CS5536 MFGPT Timer"
- depends on CS5536
+ depends on CS5536 && !HIGH_RES_TIMERS
select MIPS_EXTERNAL_TIMER
help
- This option enables the mfgpt0 timer of AMD CS5536.
+ This option enables the mfgpt0 timer of AMD CS5536. With this timer
+ switched on you can not use high resolution timers.
If you want to enable the Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver, Please enable
this option at first, otherwise, You will get wrong system time.