[PATCH v15 06/12] OMAP: dmtimer: switch-over to platform device driver

[DebBarma, Tarun Kanti]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Tarun Kanti DebBarma <tarun.kanti at ti.com> [110908 13:36]:
>> Register timer devices by going through hwmod database using
>> hwmod API. The driver probes each of the registered devices.
>> Functionality which are already performed by hwmod framework
>> are removed from timer code. New set of timers present on
>> OMAP4 are now supported.
>
> Adding the support for the different offsets on some omap4
> timers should be a separate patch.
>
> Also, as we don't need the support for different register offsets
> for the first two omap4 timers, please rather implement support
> for the new timers and the timeouts directly in plat-omap/dmtimer.c.
>
> That way we can still keep the minimal timer support simple
> for clocksource and clockevent. Of course this means that we'll
> be only supporting the first two timers as system timers on
> omap4, but that's fine.
Ok, I can make the change!
But, do we have to keep OMAP5 in mind right now where even timers[1,2]
require addition of offsets?
--
Tarun
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