Hi, This series addresses the long pending move of ARC timer code into drivers/clocksource/. - patches [1-4]/9 are improvements to arc code, paving way for later code motion. - patches [5-8]/9 refactor the arc headers to be shared between arc and drivers - patch 9/9 moves out the driver code/build/Kconfig bits As review progresses/concludes, I'd like to merge [1-8] for this merge window and clocksource maintainers can pick up the actual switch for 4.10 or even 4.9 as they prefer. Thx, -Vineet MAINTAINERS | 1 + arch/arc/Kconfig | 12 +-- arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_hs_smp_defconfig | 2 +- arch/arc/configs/vdk_hs38_smp_defconfig | 2 +- arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h | 94 +--------------------- arch/arc/kernel/Makefile | 2 +- arch/arc/kernel/mcip.c | 2 +- arch/arc/kernel/setup.c | 17 +++- arch/arc/plat-axs10x/axs10x.c | 2 +- drivers/clocksource/Kconfig | 24 ++++++ drivers/clocksource/Makefile | 1 + .../time.c => drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c | 69 +++++----------- include/soc/arc/aux.h | 52 ++++++++++++ {arch/arc/include/asm => include/soc/arc}/mcip.h | 10 +-- include/soc/arc/timers.h | 24 ++++++ include/soc/nps/common.h | 4 +- 16 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 167 deletions(-) rename arch/arc/kernel/time.c => drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c (83%) create mode 100644 include/soc/arc/aux.h rename {arch/arc/include/asm => include/soc/arc}/mcip.h (95%) create mode 100644 include/soc/arc/timers.h -- 2.7.4