linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/20] clocksource / acpi: Add macro CLOCKSOURCE_ACPI

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Message-Id: <201401171521.35940.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:21:35 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	"Russell King - ARM Linux" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, patches@...aro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org, Charles.Garcia-Tobin@....com,
	Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.daniel@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/20] clocksource / acpi: Add macro CLOCKSOURCE_ACPI_DECLARE

On Friday 17 January 2014, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> 
> From: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.daniel@...sung.com>
> 
> This macro does the same job as CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE. The device
> name from the ACPI timer table is matched with all the registered
> timer controllers and matching initialisation routine is invoked.

I wouldn't anticipate this infrastructure to be required. Shouldn't all
ARMv8 machines have an architected timer?

	Arnd
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