linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] microblaze: Remove architecture heart beat code

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:52:04 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        "Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@...ts.denx.de>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] microblaze: Remove architecture heart beat code

Hi Linus,

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 10:47 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 8:09 AM, Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com> wrote:
> > There is no reason to keep this gpio based code in architecture. Use
> > ledtrig-heartbeat.c instead which is much more flexible then this
> > ancient code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>
> Maybe the arch maintainers will complain that the corresponding
> new heartbeat code is not put in place in the same patch, but I
> think the change is so much overdue that I don't see why they
> can't do that themselves if they have interest in it.
>
> BTW: m68k has the same kind of luggage, in the middle of it
> timekeeping code:
> arch/m68k/kernel/time.c

Fixing that means converting m68k to GPIO first, which would take lots of
heartbeats ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
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