[PATCH 03/74] ST SPEAr: Formalized timer support

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Mon Sep 13 00:37:12 EDT 2010


On 09:34 Mon 13 Sep     , Shiraz Hashim wrote:
> Dear Jean,
> 
> On 9/13/2010 9:07 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > On 08:52 Mon 13 Sep     , Shiraz Hashim wrote:
> >> Dear Jean,
> >>
> >> On 9/7/2010 4:25 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> >>>>  
> >>>> -#endif
> >>>> +static void __init spear3xx_timer_init(void)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +	spear_setup_timer();
> >>> why not call it directly?
> >>
> >> A single level of abstraction was provided so that if archs (spear3xx/6xx/13xx)
> >> required to do something extra.
> >
> > it does not seems to be needed at all so for now call it directly is enough
> >
> 
> OK. So, I think what could be better is to set the parent clock of the gpt in
> the arch specific function like spear3xx_timer_init. This would also remove this
> part from the timer code.
ok

Best Regards,
J.



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