linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/11 v5] ARM: removing support for etb/etm in "arch/arm/kernel/"

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZerhSgrGimebPY-iY3aV40wRyf-DjsSS+iMOgOj1k_Pw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 3 Sep 2014 10:45:16 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Cc:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...aro.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Pratik Patel <pratikp@...eaurora.org>,
	Vikas Varshney <varshney@...com>, Al Grant <Al.Grant@....com>,
	Jonas Svennebring <jonas.svennebring@...gotech.com>,
	James King <james.king@...aro.org>,
	Panchaxari Prasannamurthy Tumkur 
	<panchaxari.prasannamurthy@...aro.org>,
	Kaixu Xia <kaixu.xia@...aro.org>,
	Marcin Jabrzyk <marcin.jabrzyk@...il.com>,
	r.sengupta@...sung.com, Robert Marklund <robbelibobban@...il.com>,
	Tony.Armitstead@....com, Patch Tracking <patches@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11 v5] ARM: removing support for etb/etm in "arch/arm/kernel/"

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 7:17 PM,  <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org> wrote:

> From: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
>
> Removing minimal support for etb/etm to favour an implentation
> that is more flexible, extensible and capable of handling more
> platforms.
>
> Also removing the only client of the old driver.  That code can
> easily be replaced by entries for etb/etm in the device tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

The new driver is clearly better.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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