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Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer

From "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer
Date 2016-06-29 23:40 +0200
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On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 8:15 PM,  <fu.wei@linaro.org> wrote:
> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org>
>
> This patchset:
>     (1)Preparation for adding GTDT support in arm_arch_timer
>         1. Move some enums and marcos to header file
>         2. Add a new enum for spi type.
>         3. Improve printk relevant code
>
>     (2)Introduce ACPI GTDT parser: drivers/acpi/gtdt.c
>     Parse all kinds of timer in GTDT table of ACPI:arch timer,
>     memory-mapped timer and SBSA Generic Watchdog timer.
>     This driver can help to simplify all the relevant timer drivers,
>     and separate all the ACPI GTDT knowledge from them.
>
>     (3)Simplify ACPI code for arm_arch_timer
>
>     (4)Add GTDT support for ARM memory-mapped timer

GTDT is ARM-specific AFAICS.

If so, why do we need that code to reside in drivers/acpi/ ?

Thanks,
Rafael

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[PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 06/10] acpi: Add GTDT driver to kernel build system fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 04/10] acpi: Add some basic struct and functions in GTDT driver fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v6 04/10] acpi: Add some basic struct and functions in  GTDT driver "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-06-29 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v6 04/10] acpi: Add some basic struct and functions in  GTDT driver Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org> - 2016-06-30 03:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v6 04/10] acpi: Add some basic struct and functions in GTDT driver "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-06-30 03:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v6 04/10] acpi: Add some basic struct and functions in  GTDT driver Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org> - 2016-06-30 03:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v6 04/10] acpi: Add some basic struct and functions in  GTDT driver Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org> - 2016-06-30 06:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 09/10] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Add GTDT support for memory-mapped timer fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 05/10] acpi: Add arch_timer support in GTDT table parse driver fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 01/10] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Move enums and defines to header file fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 08/10] acpi: Add memory-mapped timer support in GTDT driver fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 07/10] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Simplify ACPI support code. fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 03/10] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Improve printk relevant code fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v6 03/10] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Improve  printk relevant code Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> - 2016-06-30 05:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v6 03/10] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Improve  printk relevant code Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org> - 2016-07-07 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 02/10] clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Add a new enum for spi type fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:20 +0200
  [PATCH v6 10/10] acpi: Add SBSA Generic Watchdog support in GTDT driver fu.wei@linaro.org - 2016-06-29 20:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-06-29 23:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org> - 2016-06-30 03:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-06-30 03:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> - 2016-06-30 04:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-06-30 15:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> - 2016-06-30 16:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-07-01 17:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-07-01 23:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-07-04 15:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Graeme Gregory <gg@slimlogic.co.uk> - 2016-07-05 16:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-07-06 02:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> - 2016-07-07 13:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-07-07 14:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> - 2016-07-07 15:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-07-07 16:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org> - 2016-07-07 17:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> - 2016-07-08 15:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2016-07-08 16:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> - 2016-07-09 05:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> - 2016-07-09 05:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> - 2016-07-01 16:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-07-01 23:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> - 2016-07-04 15:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT  support in arm_arch_timer "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-07-04 16:20 +0200

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