[PATCHv2 02/11] arm: arch_timer: remove redundant available check

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Fri Jan 11 09:07:58 EST 2013


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 01:11:41PM +0000, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 January 2013 09:37 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > This check is a holdover from the pre-devicetree days. As the timer
> > is not probed except by platforms which register it via devicetree,
> > it's not strictly necessary.
> >
> > 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>
> > ---
> Multi-platform build without DT could still benefit from the
> check but I guess the most of the A15 based platform are DT
> only, so its should be good to get rid of the check.

Indeed. I'm under the impression that all platforms which might have an
architected timer are devicetree only.

> 
> Regards,
> Santosh
> 

Thanks,
Mark.




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