* Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> [121214 09:36]:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 09:28:09AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> [121120 12:00]:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > * Timo Kokkonen <timo.t.kokkonen@xxxxxx> [121118 07:15]:
> > > > --- a/drivers/media/rc/ir-rx51.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/media/rc/ir-rx51.c
> > > > @@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ static void lirc_rx51_off(struct lirc_rx51 *lirc_rx51)
> > > > OMAP_TIMER_TRIGGER_NONE);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > +static void lirc_rx51_stop_tx(struct lirc_rx51 *lirc_rx51)
> > > > +{
> > > > + if (lirc_rx51->wbuf_index < 0)
> > > > + return;
> > > > +
> > > > + lirc_rx51_off(lirc_rx51);
> > > > + lirc_rx51->wbuf_index = -1;
> > > > + omap_dm_timer_stop(lirc_rx51->pwm_timer);
> > > > + omap_dm_timer_stop(lirc_rx51->pulse_timer);
> > > > + omap_dm_timer_set_int_enable(lirc_rx51->pulse_timer, 0);
> > > > + wake_up(&lirc_rx51->wqueue);
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > static int init_timing_params(struct lirc_rx51 *lirc_rx51)
> > > > {
> > > > u32 load, match;
> > >
> > > Good fixes in general.. But you won't be able to access the
> > > omap_dm_timer functions after we enable ARM multiplatform support
> > > for omap2+. That's for v3.9 probably right after v3.8-rc1.
> > >
> > > We need to find some Linux generic API to use hardware timers
> > > like this, so I've added Thomas Gleixner and linux-arm-kernel
> > > mailing list to cc.
> > >
> > > If no such API is available, then maybe we can export some of
> > > the omap_dm_timer functions if Thomas is OK with that.
> >
> > Just to update the status on this.. It seems that we'll be moving
> > parts of plat/dmtimer into a minimal include/linux/timer-omap.h
> > unless people have better ideas on what to do with custom
> > hardware timers for PWM etc.
>
> if it's really for PWM, shouldn't we be using drivers/pwm/ ??
>
> Meaning that $SUBJECT would just request a PWM device and use it. That
> doesn't solve the whole problem, however, as pwm-omap.c would still need
> access to timer-omap.h.
That would only help with omap_dm_timer_set_pwm() I think.
The other functions are also needed by the clocksource and clockevent
drivers. And tidspbridge too:
$ grep -r omap_dm_timer drivers/
...
Regards,
Tony
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