[PATCH 1/7] ir-rx51: Handle signals properly

Felipe Balbi balbi at ti.com
Fri Dec 14 12:49:18 EST 2012


Hi,

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 09:46:29AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Felipe Balbi <balbi at ti.com> [121214 09:36]:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 09:28:09AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > * Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> [121120 12:00]:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > * Timo Kokkonen <timo.t.kokkonen at iki.fi> [121118 07:15]:
> > > > > --- a/drivers/media/rc/ir-rx51.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/media/rc/ir-rx51.c
> > > > > @@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ static void lirc_rx51_off(struct lirc_rx51 *lirc_rx51)
> > > > >  			      OMAP_TIMER_TRIGGER_NONE);
> > > > >  }
> > > > >  
> > > > > +static void lirc_rx51_stop_tx(struct lirc_rx51 *lirc_rx51)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	if (lirc_rx51->wbuf_index < 0)
> > > > > +		return;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	lirc_rx51_off(lirc_rx51);
> > > > > +	lirc_rx51->wbuf_index = -1;
> > > > > +	omap_dm_timer_stop(lirc_rx51->pwm_timer);
> > > > > +	omap_dm_timer_stop(lirc_rx51->pulse_timer);
> > > > > +	omap_dm_timer_set_int_enable(lirc_rx51->pulse_timer, 0);
> > > > > +	wake_up(&lirc_rx51->wqueue);
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > >  static int init_timing_params(struct lirc_rx51 *lirc_rx51)
> > > > >  {
> > > > >  	u32 load, match;
> > > > 
> > > > Good fixes in general.. But you won't be able to access the
> > > > omap_dm_timer functions after we enable ARM multiplatform support
> > > > for omap2+. That's for v3.9 probably right after v3.8-rc1.
> > > > 
> > > > We need to find some Linux generic API to use hardware timers
> > > > like this, so I've added Thomas Gleixner and linux-arm-kernel
> > > > mailing list to cc.
> > > > 
> > > > If no such API is available, then maybe we can export some of
> > > > the omap_dm_timer functions if Thomas is OK with that.
> > > 
> > > Just to update the status on this.. It seems that we'll be moving
> > > parts of plat/dmtimer into a minimal include/linux/timer-omap.h
> > > unless people have better ideas on what to do with custom
> > > hardware timers for PWM etc.
> > 
> > if it's really for PWM, shouldn't we be using drivers/pwm/ ??
> > 
> > Meaning that $SUBJECT would just request a PWM device and use it. That
> > doesn't solve the whole problem, however, as pwm-omap.c would still need
> > access to timer-omap.h.
> 
> That would only help with omap_dm_timer_set_pwm() I think.
> 
> The other functions are also needed by the clocksource and clockevent
> drivers. And tidspbridge too:

well, we _do_ have drivers/clocksource ;-)

-- 
balbi
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