[PATCH 3/4] ARM: pmu: add OF probing support

[Mark Rutland]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Herring [mailto:robherring2 at gmail.com]
> Sent: 13 June 2011 14:40
> To: Mark Rutland
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; Jamie Iles; Will Deacon
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ARM: pmu: add OF probing support
>
> Mark,
>
> On 06/13/2011 04:35 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > This is based on an earlier patch from Rob Herring
> <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> >
> >> Add OF match table to enable OF style driver binding. The dts entry
> is like
> >> this:
> >>
> >> pmu {
> >>    compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-pmu";
> >>    interrupts = <100 101>;
> >> };
> >>
> >> The use of pdev->id as an index breaks with OF device binding, so
> set the type
> >> based on the OF compatible string.
> >
> > This modification sets the PMU hardware type based on data embedded
> in the
> > binding, allowing easy addition of new PMU types in future.
> >
> > Support for new PMU types not provided by devicetree can be added
> later using
> > platform_device_id tables in a similar fashion.
> >
> > Cc: Jamie Iles <jamie at jamieiles.com>
> > Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> > ---
> >
> >  Rob: would you be happy to merge this into your tree? or would you
> >  rather I sent it through Russell?
>
> Looks good to me. I'm happy for you to take it.
>
> Rob

Thanks. Mind if I add your Ack?

Mark.

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