From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 00/16] Consolidation: move SMP local timers to driver/clocksource
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:32:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110620083216.GB26089@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DFF03FA.8030906@arm.com>
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 09:25:30AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 17/06/11 18:25, Rob Herring wrote:
> > If this is the direction to go, then there are a lot of other timers
> > that can be moved besides just local timers. But Russell didn't really
> > like the shmobile patches for early platform devices which this relies
> > on. So we should get agreement on the small bit of infrastructure needed
> > first, then start moving individual timers.
>
> I'm open to suggestions. Should the early platform infrastructure be
> flagged as unsuitable, I'd be happy to switch to something else, as long
> as it is minimal, and does not create another ARM-specific API (been
> there, done that...).
I am most certainly not a fan of the early platform device stuff as I've
said in the past.
It looks to me like:
1. it's overcomplex and fragile.
2. it abuses the early command line system.
3. it abuses platform devices etc.
4. it requires more initialization calls.
Lastly, and probably more importantly for the direction we're going, I
can't see how it would hook into DT other than using the DT provided
command line, which also appears to be an abuse there too.
Surely there's a better solution.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-20 8:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-16 19:06 [RFC PATCH 00/16] Consolidation: move SMP local timers to driver/clocksource Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 01/16] ARM: local timers: early device probing hooks Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 14:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-17 15:13 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 16:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 02/16] ARM: local timers: add arm_smp_twd driver to driver/clocksource Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 03/16] ARM: local timers: move realview to LOCAL_TIMER_DEVICES/ARM_SMP_TWD Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 04/16] ARM: local timers: move vexpress " Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 05/16] ARM: local timers: remove localtimer.c from plat-versatile Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 06/16] ARM: local timers: move Tegra to LOCAL_TIMER_DEVICES/ARM_SMP_TWD Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 20:07 ` Stephen Warren
2011-06-16 20:22 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 07/16] ARM: local timers: move OMAP4 " Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 8:16 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2011-06-17 8:39 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 8:42 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 08/16] ARM: local timers: move shmobile " Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 09/16] ARM: local timers: move ux500 " Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 10/16] ARM: local timers: add exynos_mct driver to driver/clocksource Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 15:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-17 15:17 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 11/16] ARM: local timers: move exynos4 to LOCAL_TIMER_DEVICES/EXYNOS_MCT/ARM_SMP_TWD Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 12/16] ARM: watchdog: make mpcore_wdt independant from asm/smp_twd.h Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 7:08 ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2011-06-17 8:04 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 13/16] ARM: local timers: remove smp_twd from arch/arm Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 14/16] ARM: local timers: add msm_timer driver to driver/clocksource Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 15/16] ARM: local timers: move msm to LOCAL_TIMER_DEVICES/MSM_TIMER Marc Zyngier
2011-06-16 19:06 ` [RFC PATCH 16/16] ARM: local timers: remove local timer support from arch/arm Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 11:00 ` [RFC PATCH 00/16] Consolidation: move SMP local timers to driver/clocksource Linus Walleij
2011-06-17 13:27 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-20 8:21 ` Linus Walleij
2011-06-17 15:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-17 15:24 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-17 17:25 ` Rob Herring
2011-06-20 8:25 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-20 8:32 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2011-06-22 0:54 ` Magnus Damm
2011-06-26 7:00 ` Grant Likely
2011-06-27 4:53 ` Magnus Damm
2011-06-21 11:13 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-21 12:51 ` Rob Herring
2011-06-21 13:02 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-21 13:18 ` Rob Herring
2011-06-21 13:46 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-06-20 8:23 ` Linus Walleij
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