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