On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:34:52PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Ralf Baechle wrote: > > >>$ git-grep mips_timer_ack arch/mips > >>arch/mips/dec/time.c: mips_timer_ack = dec_timer_ack; > >>arch/mips/jmr3927/rbhma3100/setup.c: mips_timer_ack = > >>jmr3927_timer_ack; > > TX3927 has three channel timer of which only channel 0 is used to > implement a clocksource -- however, clocksource code whould also need to be > changed since it's now jiffy-based and HRT doesn't tolerate this -- of > course, if anybody still cared about this boards Well, getting rid of the code where there are no users left is always the other solution. > >>arch/mips/philips/pnx8550/common/time.c: mips_timer_ack = > >>timer_ack; > > Here we have a case of a vendor abusing the count/compare register and > also adding 3 more of them. One pair can be used for clockevents, the other > for clocksource (its compare reg. being programmed to all ones). Ralf