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Message-ID: <56B885B2.6060408@linaro.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:10:26 +0100
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>,
	linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com,
	Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] ARC: clocksource: DT based probe

On 02/02/2016 11:58 AM, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> - Remove explicit clocksource setup and let it be done by OF framework
>    by defining CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE() for various timers
>
> - This allows multiple clocksources to be potentially registered
>    simultaneouly: previously we could only do one - as all of them had
>    same arc_counter_setup() routine for registration
>
> - Setup routines also ensure that the underlying timer actually exists.
>
> - Remove some of the panic() calls if underlying timer is NOT detcted as
>    a fallback clocksource might still be available
>    1. If GRFC doesn't exist, jiffies clocksource gets registered anyways
>    2. if RTC doesn't exist, TIMER1 cetainly will take over (as it is
>       always present)
>
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>

May be it is time to move these drivers into the drivers/clocksource 
directory where they belong to.


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