linux-kernel - Re: [patch v2 08/35] Hexagon: Add delay functions

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Message-Id: <201108311539.43528.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:39:43 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch v2 08/35] Hexagon: Add delay functions

On Tuesday 30 August 2011, Richard Kuo wrote:
> Added read_current_timer elsewhere, so __delay isn't really used.
> 
> udelay is based off of __vmgettime() which returns processor ticks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>

Why do you still provide __delay then?

If you disable CONFIG_GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY, it should just never
be called at all so you can remove it.

	Arnd
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