From: gerg@snapgear.com (Greg Ungerer)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] ARM: ks8695: convert to generic time and clocksource
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:24:38 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50459096.1040609@snapgear.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdY0i77U5kGoNzWj2KwtyJ=ayptNGTE_7=95tJ0v4Tv5xw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Linus,
On 09/01/2012 10:14 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> Old platforms using ancient gettimeoffset() and other arcane
>> APIs are standing in the way of cleaning up the ARM kernel.
>>
>> This is an attempt at blind-coding a generic time and clocksource
>> driver for the platform by way of a datasheet and looking at the
>> old code, it'd be great if someone who is actually using this
>> machine could test it.
>>
>> If noone volunteers to do this I will instead propose a patch
>> deleting the machine altogether.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>> ---
>> ChangeLog v1->v2:
>> - Corrected the mask when setting clockevents from & TMCON_T1EN
>> to & ~TMCON_T1EN so it doesn't shut down the clock source.
>
> BTW: Greg if this would happen to work - could you try to enable
> CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT and CONFIG_NO_HZ as well to see
> if we can work fine in oneshot mode as well?
It worked in oneshot mode, if I removed the clocksource init code.
So that looks good too.
Regards
Greg
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-31 23:49 [PATCH v2] ARM: ks8695: convert to generic time and clocksource Linus Walleij
2012-09-01 0:14 ` Linus Walleij
2012-09-02 11:46 ` Greg Ungerer
2012-09-04 5:24 ` Greg Ungerer [this message]
2012-09-03 1:12 ` Greg Ungerer
2012-09-03 5:15 ` Greg Ungerer
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