Re: [PATCHv3] x86, mrst: share APB timer code with other platforms

[Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:10:30PM +0100, Jamie Iles wrote:
> The APB timers are an IP block from Synopsys (DesignWare APB timers)
> and are also found in other systems including ARM SoC's.  This patch
> adds functions for creating clock_event_devices and clocksources from
> APB timers but does not do the resource allocation.  This is handled
> in a higher layer to allow the timers to be created from multiple
> methods such as platform_devices.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> 	- Make eoi() for clock_event_device optional for x86 where eoi
> 	is handled in firmware.
> Changes since v1:
> 	- Use the correct timer for clocksource on x86
> 	- Select the correct timer rating for x86
> 	- Restore freerunning timer behaviour for oneshot event devices
> 	- Reenable event irq correctly for hotplug
> 
> Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>

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Jamie