[PATCH v4 1/4] drivers: hwspinlock: add framework

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Monday 31 January 2011, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
> Add a platform-independent hwspinlock framework.
> 
> Hardware spinlock devices are needed, e.g., in order to access data
> that is shared between remote processors, that otherwise have no
> alternative mechanism to accomplish synchronization and mutual exclusion
> operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad at wizery.com>
> Cc: Hari Kanigeri <h-kanigeri2 at ti.com>
> Cc: Benoit Cousson <b-cousson at ti.com>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman at ti.com>
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul at pwsan.com>
> Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>