[PATCH v3 06/11] ARM: vexpress: use clocksource_of_init for sp804

[Pawel Moll]

On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 11:42 +0000, Haojian Zhuang wrote:
> > I love the possibility of removing the SP804 code from the VE machine
> > (thanks for your work!), but I'd like to avoid it being replaced by
> > cryptic properties in the tree.
> >
> > Now, to get this right: I'm not saying that there should be completly no
> > OS-specific (but neutral) properties for the clocking system.
> >
> > I'm saying that in "my" (the VE) case, there are four, effectively
> > identical timers (each pair sharing an interrupt though). Every single
> > one of them is perfectly capable of serving as clocksource or
> > clockevent. Therefore I believe the driver/framework/OS should make its
> > own decision.
> >
> I can move those properties into dts file instead.

I'm not sure I understand you here...

> If clocksource uses alias to configure source or event. There's still a lot
> of work. At least we need to split dual timer into two timer devices in DTS.

My point is: at least for VE there is _no need_ for any alias or special
property in the tree (DTS). All timers are equal. The system can (and
should) pick any one it wants.

Paweł