Re: [PATCHv2] omap3: beagle: Use GPTIMER1 for clockevents

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* Premi, Sanjeev <premi@xxxxxx> [110627 06:24]:
> 
> [sp] While I take my time understanding things on devel-timer;
>      I had a quick question - at risk of being flamed.
> 
>      Adding a new machine ID would trickle to u-boot and same
>      uImage (default) may not work across board revisions.

Yes that's a hassle :( Until we have device tree, maybe see if
u-boot passes ATAG_REVISION that's available as system_rev in
kernel?
 
>      How does this scheme look like:
>      - GPTIMER1 is used as default - as it works for most boards.
>      - GPTIMER12 is used based on a static config option OR a
>        board specific bootarg
> 
>      I know both these options aren't general practice. Still
>      wanted to know your views in the current context.

Let's not do a Kconfig option, but a cmdline option should work
if done in a generic way. If you decide to go that way, then
please add that to timer.c against devel-timer branch.

Regards,

Tony
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