[PATCHv2 07/11] arm: arch_timer: divorce from local_timer api

Santosh Shilimkar santosh.shilimkar at ti.com
Fri Jan 11 08:34:23 EST 2013


On Wednesday 09 January 2013 09:37 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Currently, the arch_timer driver is tied to the arm port, as it relies
> on code in arch/arm/smp.c to setup and teardown timers as cores are
> hotplugged on and off. The timer is registered through an arm-specific
> registration mechanism, preventing sharing the driver with the arm64
> port.
>
> This patch moves the driver to using a cpu notifier instead, making it
> easier to port.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> ---
This is really a nit idea. I think we should do the same
for ARM gic code.

For the patch,
Acked-by : Santosh Shilimkar<santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>




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