[RFC/PATCH 03/11] arm: omap2: timer: remove __omap_gptimer_init()

Felipe Balbi balbi at ti.com
Mon Oct 5 09:08:54 PDT 2015


On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 09:02:25AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Felipe Balbi <balbi at ti.com> [151005 08:29]:
> > On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 04:01:45AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > * Felipe Balbi <balbi at ti.com> [150929 13:48]:
> > > > since now we can reuse __omap_sync32k_timer_init()
> > > > for OMAP3-like devices, we can safely remove
> > > > __omap_gptimer_init().
> > > 
> > > There are tons of boards out there that need to use the
> > > high frequency ocillator source with gptimer because of the
> > > beagleboard B4 and earlier issue #7. So we need to provide
> > > both options for the boards. Using the high frequency
> > > oscillator source blocks deeper idle states in hardware
> > > so those devices are usable.
> > 
> > have a closer look, that hasn't changed
> 
> Oh right, you added the argument in the previous patch.
> Maybe update the description a bit to make that clear?
> I understood that we can only use the sync32k source now..
> 
> The __omap_sync32k_timer_init should not be called
> "sync32k" as that's TRM name for the always-on counter :)

that's renamed on a follow-up patch, too ;-)

-- 
balbi
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