[PATCH v3 4/6] ARM: architected timers: add DT support

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Thu Apr 19 09:07:19 EDT 2012


On 19/04/12 13:55, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 16 April 2012, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> Add runtime DT support and documentation for the Cortex A7/A15
>> architected timers.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt         |   27 ++++++++++
>>  arch/arm/include/asm/arch_timer.h                  |    6 ++
>>  arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c                       |   53 +++++++++++++++++---
>>  3 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
>>
> 
> This looks good, but do we actually still need the non-DT case?
> 
> Both vexpress and exynos5 allow booting through DT and we are not
> planning to add any new platforms with these timers that don't.

Yes, the non-DT code is a leftover from dark ages we'd rather forget.
I'll remove that code for the next iteration.

Thanks,

	M.
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