[RFC 2/8] ARM:global_timer: Add ARM global timer support.

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thursday 09 May 2013, Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote:
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/global_timer.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_timer.h
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..46f9188
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_timer.h
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> >> +int __init global_timer_init(void __iomem *base, unsigned int timer_irq);
> > 
> > I don't see a need to call this from platform code for non-DT platforms, it
> > can easily be used with CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE() all the time I think.
> 
> sorry Am confused here.
> How would this work for non-DT?

It won't.

> Looking at the code in clocksource_of_init it just goes through the
> of_device_id table, which is not used in case of non-DT.

All new platforms are DT-only, and none of the old platforms use this
driver, so it does not matter.

	Arnd