linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1301141209290.7475@ionos>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:10:41 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	nico@...aro.org, will.deacon@....com, marc.zyngier@....com,
	john.stultz@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast
 function

On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Currently, the timer broadcast mechanism is defined by a function
> pointer on struct clock_event_device. As the fundamental mechanism for
> broadcast is architecture-specific, this means that clock_event_device
> drivers cannot be shared across multiple architectures.
> 
> This patch adds an (optional) architecture-specific function for timer
> tick broadcast, allowing drivers which may require broadcast
> functionality to be shared across multiple architectures.

Looks good.

If you fixup the first one of the series, I'll take the generic
patches and provide a branch to pull for the ARM folks, so the ARM
part can go via their tree.

Thanks,

	tglx
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