From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: santosh.shilimkar@ti.com (Santosh Shilimkar) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:04:23 +0530 Subject: [PATCHv2 07/11] arm: arch_timer: divorce from local_timer api In-Reply-To: <1357747640-18594-8-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com> References: <1357747640-18594-1-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com> <1357747640-18594-8-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com> Message-ID: <50F014DF.7090205@ti.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wednesday 09 January 2013 09:37 PM, Mark Rutland wrote: > Currently, the arch_timer driver is tied to the arm port, as it relies > on code in arch/arm/smp.c to setup and teardown timers as cores are > hotplugged on and off. The timer is registered through an arm-specific > registration mechanism, preventing sharing the driver with the arm64 > port. > > This patch moves the driver to using a cpu notifier instead, making it > easier to port. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland > Acked-by: Catalin Marinas > Acked-by: Marc Zyngier > --- This is really a nit idea. I think we should do the same for ARM gic code. For the patch, Acked-by : Santosh Shilimkar