Re: [PATCH 05/14] ARM: call reset_controller_of_init from default time_init handler

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Sun Feb 15 2015 - 18:14:20 EST


On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 04:17:31PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Maxime Coquelin
> <mcoquelin.stm32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Some DT ARM platforms need the reset controllers to be initialized before
> > the timers.
> > This is the case of the stm32 and sunxi platforms.
>
> I would say this is the exception, not the rule and therefore should
> be handled in a machine desc function. Or it could be part of your
> timer setup. Or is the bootloader's problem (like arch timer setup).
>
> We just want to limit how much this mechanism gets used.

Can you clarify please - what is "this mechanism"? Placing explicit
calls at this location, or the whole OF_DECLARE_* stuff?

Sebastian suggested using the OF_DECLARE_* stuff for the Dove PMU -
so maybe you have a comment on that too?

Thanks.

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