Re: plat_timer_setup, mips_timer_ack, etc.

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:34:52PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> Ralf Baechle wrote:
> 
> >>$ git-grep mips_timer_ack arch/mips
> >>arch/mips/dec/time.c:   mips_timer_ack = dec_timer_ack;
> >>arch/mips/jmr3927/rbhma3100/setup.c:    mips_timer_ack = 
> >>jmr3927_timer_ack;
> 
>    TX3927 has three channel timer of which only channel 0 is used to 
> implement a clocksource -- however, clocksource code whould also need to be 
> changed since it's now jiffy-based and HRT doesn't tolerate this -- of 
> course, if anybody still cared about this boards

Well, getting rid of the code where there are no users left is always the
other solution.

> >>arch/mips/philips/pnx8550/common/time.c:        mips_timer_ack = 
> >>timer_ack;
> 
>    Here we have a case of a vendor abusing the count/compare register and 
> also adding 3 more of them. One pair can be used for clockevents, the other 
> for clocksource (its compare reg. being programmed to all ones).

  Ralf