linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 09/20] ARC: IRQ: use device tree to get timer device configuration

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Date:	Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:12:55 +0530
From:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:	Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>, <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>
CC:	<marc.zyngier@....com>, <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
	<daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 09/20] ARC: IRQ: use device tree to get timer device
 configuration

On Sunday 27 December 2015 06:53 PM, Noam Camus wrote:
> From: Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
> 
> We've designated:
> TIMER0 for events (clockevents)
> TIMER1 for free running (clocksource)
> 
> Till now timer configuration was done on arch/arc/kernel/time.c
> with constant values.
> 
> This commit add device tree support so we can do this work
> at dedicated clocksource driver which parse the DT blob.
> 
> Such driver will get clocksource rate as well as interrupt line
> from DT and use them for setting clocksourcse and clockevents.
> 
> Note that lately called of_clk_init() is moved before we call
> clocksource_probe() since at that time device from DT
> need a "provider" (clocks) which will be available only after
> we call to of_clk_init().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
> Acked-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>

For patches which change semantically, ACK should not be copied over from prev
version. I do have some reservation with this patch.

I think we should just fix ARC once and for all by removing the legacy
registration. This would be a flag day change but I think we should be fine !
No point in keeping 2 implementations !

@Noam let me take a stab at it - OK !

-Vineet



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