linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v23 09/11] acpi/arm64: Add memory-mapped timer support in GTDT driver

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:49:45 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     fu.wei@...aro.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v23 09/11] acpi/arm64: Add memory-mapped timer support in
 GTDT driver

On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 01:51:03AM +0800, fu.wei@...aro.org wrote:
> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
> 
> On platforms booting with ACPI, architected memory-mapped timers'
> configuration data is provided by firmware through the ACPI GTDT
> static table.
> 
> The clocksource architected timer kernel driver requires a firmware
> interface to collect timer configuration and configure its driver.
> this infrastructure is present for device tree systems, but it is
> missing on systems booting with ACPI.
> 
> Implement the kernel infrastructure required to parse the static
> ACPI GTDT table so that the architected timer clocksource driver can
> make use of it on systems booting with ACPI, therefore enabling
> the corresponding timers configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/gtdt.c | 146 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/acpi.h      |   1 +
>  2 files changed, 147 insertions(+)

We need Lorenzo's ack on this.

Will