[PATCH 1/5] ARM: remove dependency of platform code on CLOCK_TICK_RATE / LATCH defines

[u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de (Uwe Kleine-König)]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 06:51:21AM +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> One of the things preventing building an ARM multiplatform kernel
> image is the fact that CLOCK_TICK_RATE (and as a consequence, LATCH)
> is defined differently for each platform.
> 
> CLOCK_TICK_RATE is mostly unused beyond some usage in the various
> ARM platform support code directories themselves (and a couple of
> bogus uses elsewhere, such as in drivers/input/joystick/analog.c).
> 
> Therefore, for those ARM platforms that use their own definition
> of CLOCK_TICK_RATE (for example, in their timer setup code), copy
> the definition of CLOCK_TICK_RATE into the platform code, renaming
> it to TICK_RATE in the process.
> 
> Also, for those ARM platforms that use the LATCH define (which is
> derived from CLOCK_TICK_RATE), give them a private definition, named
> TIMER_LATCH, based on the now locally defined TICK_RATE.
> 
> This gets rid of platform code dependencies on mach/timex.h's
> CLOCK_TICK_RATE definition, and allows killing all mach/timex.h in
> a subsequent patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@secretlab.ca>
> ---
>  arch/arm/common/time-acorn.c         |   15 +++++++++------
>  arch/arm/mach-aaec2000/core.c        |    9 ++++++---
>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91rm9200_time.c |    8 +++++---
>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91x40.c         |    3 ++-
ah, this seems to handle the problem I just pointed out for a later
patch in this series.  Maybe you can thread your patches next time?
(E.g. by using git send-email)

Thanks
Uwe

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