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| From | Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@linaro.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer |
| Date | 2016-06-30 04:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rPzK9-3Lo-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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Hi Rafael, On 2016/6/30 9:37, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, June 30, 2016 09:29:59 AM Fu Wei wrote: >> Hi Rafael, >> >> On 30 June 2016 at 05:32, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> wrote: >>> 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. >> >> yes, you are right, it is. >> >>> >>> If so, why do we need that code to reside in drivers/acpi/ ? >> >> Although the GTDT is just for ARM64, but this driver is parsing one >> of ACPI table, >> I think that could be treated as ACPI driver. Do I miss something? :-) > > Yes, you are. Nobody except for ARM64 will ever need it. GTDT is part of ACPI spec, drivers/acpi/ is for driver code of ACPI spec, I think it can stay in drivers/acpi/ from this point of view, am I right? Thanks Hanjun
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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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