linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2016 03:37:18 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
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	Leo Duran <leo.duran@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer

On Thursday, June 30, 2016 09:29:59 AM Fu Wei wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> On 30 June 2016 at 05:32, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 8:15 PM,  <fu.wei@...aro.org> wrote:
> >> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
> >>
> >> This patchset:
> >>     (1)Preparation for adding GTDT support in arm_arch_timer
> >>         1. Move some enums and marcos to header file
> >>         2. Add a new enum for spi type.
> >>         3. Improve printk relevant code
> >>
> >>     (2)Introduce ACPI GTDT parser: drivers/acpi/gtdt.c
> >>     Parse all kinds of timer in GTDT table of ACPI:arch timer,
> >>     memory-mapped timer and SBSA Generic Watchdog timer.
> >>     This driver can help to simplify all the relevant timer drivers,
> >>     and separate all the ACPI GTDT knowledge from them.
> >>
> >>     (3)Simplify ACPI code for arm_arch_timer
> >>
> >>     (4)Add GTDT support for ARM memory-mapped timer
> >
> > GTDT is ARM-specific AFAICS.
> 
> yes, you are right, it is.
> 
> >
> > If so, why do we need that code to reside in drivers/acpi/ ?
> 
> Although  the GTDT is just for ARM64, but this driver is parsing one
> of ACPI table,
> I think that could be treated as ACPI driver.  Do I miss something? :-)

Yes, you are.  Nobody except for ARM64 will ever need it.

Thanks,
Rafael