[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] RFT: ARM: gemini: convert to GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
Florian Fainelli
florian at openwrt.org
Thu Oct 24 12:47:24 EDT 2013
Hello Linus,
2013/10/24 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>:
> Adding openwrt-devel to this thread to get some traction...
I won't have my gemini device available for the next 6-8 weeks, so
just go ahead and merge this, if it breaks, there is still time to
figure out how to unbreak later. It cannot possibly be worse since few
people have it and actually seem to use it. Does that work for you?
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Linus Walleij
> <linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This converts the gemini machine to use generic clockevents
>>> by rewriting the timer driver.
>>>
>>> Cc: arm at kernel.org
>>> Cc: Hans Ulli Kroll <ulli.kroll at googlemail.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>> This is flagged as Request for Testing (RFT) as I have no Gemini
>>> platform. If I do not get help with testing this, the next step
>>> will be a patch series to delete the platform.
>>
>> OK nobody is able to test this it seems, but it is a vital refactoring.
>>
>> Should we just apply this and see what happens?
>>
>> Or should I just send a deletion patch right away?
>>
>> I would lean toward just applying it and see if the OpenWRT
>> people will notice and/or complain.
>>
>> What does the ARM SoC people say?
>>
>> Yours,
>> Linus Walleij
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