[PATCH] ARM: architected timers: allow dt based discovery using clocksource_of_init

[swarren@wwwdotorg.org (Stephen Warren)]

On 01/30/2013 10:19 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Thomas,
> 
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:04:56AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 06:30:47PM +0000, Thomas Abraham wrote:
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>
>>> On 21 January 2013 09:21, Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org> wrote:
>>>> On 01/20/2013 06:22 PM, Thomas Abraham wrote:
>>>>> Add an entry in __clksrc_of_table so that ARMv7 architected timer is
>>>>> discoverable using call to clocksource_of_init.
>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c
>>>>
>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CLKSRC_OF
>>>>> +CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE(armv7_timer, "arm,armv7-timer", arch_timer_of_register)
>>>>> +#endif
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if we shouldn't enhance include/linux/clocksource.h to define
>>>> CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE even when !CONFIG_CLKSRC_OF; that way, drivers
>>>> wouldn't need that ifdef.
>>>
>>> Yes, it will be helpful to have a !CONFIG_CLKSRC_OF version of
>>> CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE. And can CONFIG_CLKSRC_OF be enabled by default
>>> for all ARM platforms?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Thomas.
>>
>> Thomas,
>>
>> Once the above is worked out, could you send me the updated patch with a
>> pointer to whichever {branch,patch}(es) I need for CLKSRC_OF?
> 
> Is there any news on this? I'd like to be able to push out a branch ready for
> merging soon.

I just sent a patch for this.