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From: tglx@linutronix.de (Thomas Gleixner)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCHv2 3/4] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:10:41 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1301141209290.7475@ionos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1357742770-15028-4-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com>

On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Currently, the timer broadcast mechanism is defined by a function
> pointer on struct clock_event_device. As the fundamental mechanism for
> broadcast is architecture-specific, this means that clock_event_device
> drivers cannot be shared across multiple architectures.
> 
> This patch adds an (optional) architecture-specific function for timer
> tick broadcast, allowing drivers which may require broadcast
> functionality to be shared across multiple architectures.

Looks good.

If you fixup the first one of the series, I'll take the generic
patches and provide a branch to pull for the ARM folks, so the ARM
part can go via their tree.

Thanks,

	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-14 11:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-09 14:46 [PATCHv2 0/4] clockevents: decouple broadcast mechanism from drivers Mark Rutland
2013-01-09 14:46 ` [PATCHv2 1/4] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast receiver Mark Rutland
2013-01-14 11:06   ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-01-14 11:29     ` Mark Rutland
2013-01-14 11:50       ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-01-14 12:12         ` Mark Rutland
2013-01-14 14:17           ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-01-14 15:36             ` Mark Rutland
2013-01-15  6:40               ` Santosh Shilimkar
2013-01-15 11:24               ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-01-15 12:00                 ` Mark Rutland
2013-01-09 14:46 ` [PATCHv2 2/4] arm: Use " Mark Rutland
2013-01-09 14:46 ` [PATCHv2 3/4] clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function Mark Rutland
2013-01-14 11:10   ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2013-01-09 14:46 ` [PATCHv2 4/4] arm: Add generic timer broadcast support Mark Rutland
2013-01-09 20:46 ` [PATCHv2 0/4] clockevents: decouple broadcast mechanism from drivers Stephen Boyd
2013-01-10  9:44   ` Mark Rutland

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