[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/9] Consolidate ARM timer code

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Rob,

> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> 
> Much of the ARM timer code is re-implemented for each platform yet it
> is all pretty much the same code.
> 
> This series introduces a common implementation of timer functions and
> simplifies the platform code down to 2 or 3 config defines. It is
> intended for platforms with 32-bit freerunning timers. I've converted
> a couple of platforms as an example, but there are many more still
> that can be converted. This probably could be extended to work with
> 16-bit timers as well.

I'm wondering if we could also move the Exynos related timer code
to ./arch/arm/lib/time.c?

Anyway, Rob very good idea!

> 
> I've compiled all ARM boards, but only tested on highbank.
> 
> Rob
> 
> Rob Herring (9):
>   ARM: add common timer functions
>   examples: enable gc-sections option
>   time: create default __udelay
>   ARM: highbank: convert to common timer code
>   ARM: mx25: convert to common timer code
>   ARM: mx27: convert to common timer code
>   ARM: vexpress: convert to common timer code
>   ARM: socfpga: convert to common timer code
>   ARM: tegra: convert to common timer code
> 
>  arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mx25/timer.c     | 117
> --------------------------------
> arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mx27/timer.c     | 110
> ------------------------------
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/highbank/timer.c     |  83 ----------------------
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/socfpga/timer.c      |  72 --------------------
> arch/arm/cpu/tegra-common/Makefile      |   2 +-
> arch/arm/cpu/tegra-common/timer.c       |  95
> -------------------------- arch/arm/lib/Makefile
> |   2 +- arch/arm/lib/time.c                     |  59
> ++++++++++++++++ board/armltd/vexpress/vexpress_common.c |  71
> ------------------- examples/api/Makefile                   |   2 +-
> include/configs/highbank.h              |   4 ++
> include/configs/imx27lite-common.h      |   3 +
> include/configs/mx25pdk.h               |   3 +
> include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h      |   3 +-
> include/configs/tegra-common.h          |   3 +
> include/configs/tx25.h                  |   2 +
> include/configs/vexpress_common.h       |   4 ++
> include/configs/zmx25.h                 |   3 +
> lib/time.c                              |  21 ++++++ 19 files
> changed, 107 insertions(+), 552 deletions(-) delete mode 100644
> arch/arm/cpu/tegra-common/timer.c create mode 100644
> arch/arm/lib/time.c
> 



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Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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