linux-kernel - RE: [RFC][PATCH 03/10] arm: mxc: changes to common plat-mxc codetoadd support for i.MX5

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Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:21:42 -0700
From:	"Herring Robert-RA7055" <ra7055@...escale.com>
To:	"Robert Schwebel" <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	"Sascha Hauer" <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	"Amit Kucheria" <amit.kucheria@...onical.com>,
	"List Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<grant.likely@...retlab.ca>, <valentin.longchamp@...l.ch>,
	<daniel@...aq.de>, "Nguyen Dinh-R00091" <R00091@...escale.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC][PATCH 03/10] arm: mxc: changes to common plat-mxc codetoadd support for i.MX5

Robert,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Schwebel [mailto:r.schwebel@...gutronix.de] 
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 2:03 PM
> To: Herring Robert-RA7055
> Cc: Sascha Hauer; Amit Kucheria; List Linux Kernel; 
> grant.likely@...retlab.ca; valentin.longchamp@...l.ch; 
> daniel@...aq.de; Nguyen Dinh-R00091; 
> linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/10] arm: mxc: changes to common 
> plat-mxc codetoadd support for i.MX5
> 
> Rob,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 10:17:52AM -0700, Herring Robert-RA7055 wrote:
> > Sorry, my mistake. Sasha is correct that MX27 is v1 and MX25 is v2.
> > 
> > timer_is_v1 is just !timer_is_v2, so really only one is 
> needed. I would
> > define it like this to avoid having to change the timer 
> code again for
> > any new chips:
> > 
> > #define timer_is_v2()   (!(cpu_is_mx1() || cpu_is_mx21() ||
> > cpu_is_mx27()))
> 
> Are you sure that FSL won't invent a v3 timer in the future?

There is no change on my radar, and it has not changed in 5 years. As
long as I'm around it won't change if I can help it. What is coming are
chips with a mixture of i.MX and stmp (Sigmatel) blocks. So there could
be a chip with the stmp timer, but it is completely different anyway.

Regards,
Rob

> 
> rsc
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