Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:13:36 -0700 | From | Deepak Saxena <> | Subject | Re: [patch-rt 0/2] Initial ARM generic-timeofday support |
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On Jun 05 2006, at 16:06, john stultz was caught saying: > On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 15:29 -0700, dsaxena@plexity.net wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This patchset (against -rt26, but should apply to newer patch) adds > > initial support for generic TOD on ARM. It is fairly simple and > > copletely rips out the existing TOD code in ARM, assuming that each > > sub-arch will either provide a clocksource or enable CONFIG_IS_TICK_BASED. > > Currently only Versatile is supported. > > Ah! Looks cool! As a warning, -rt is still running w/ an older version > of the TOD code (B20), so some changes will be needed when -rt moves to > the current version (C2, right now). > > The main change is that the read/sync persistent clock bits got cut, so > the clock syncing is still necessary in timer_tick(). There might be a > few other differences but most of the changes were arch-generic so it > shouldn't be too much of an issue.
OK, I'll keep my out for that. Actually, maybe I should send you a patch for latest TOD code. Are there any plans to just sync the persistent time updates with the generic RTC layer? It would require moving stuff like the CMOS clock code to drivers/rtc, but it would provide a generic solution.
Tnx, ~Deepak
-- Deepak Saxena - dsaxena@plexity.net - http://www.plexity.net
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