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SubjectRe: [PATCHv5 2/3] ARM: Allow machines to override __delay()
On 04/06/2011 01:56 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Some machines want to implement their own __delay() routine based
> on fixed rate timers. Expose functionality to set the __delay()
> routine at runtime. This should allow two machines with different
> __delay() routines to happily co-exist within the same kernel
> with minimal overhead.
>
> Russell expressed concern that using a timer based __delay()
> would cause problems when an iomapped device isn't mapped in
> prior to a delay call being made (see
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/78543 for
> more info). We can sidestep that issue with this approach since
> the __delay() routine_should_ only be pointed to a timer based
> delay once the timer has been properly mapped. Up until that
> point __delay() and udelay() will use delay_loop() which is
> always safe to call.
>
> This patch is inspired by x86's delay.c
>

Tested-by: Mattias Wallin <mattias.wallin@stericsson.com>

Yours,
Mattias Wallin



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