RE: [PATCH v2 2/3] clocksource: tegra: Define timer bases in headerfile

From: Andrew Chew
Date: Wed Feb 05 2014 - 16:41:41 EST


> > +/* Tegra 20 timers */
> > +#define TEGRA20_TIMER1_BASE 0x0
> > +#define TEGRA20_TIMER2_BASE 0x8
> > +#define TEGRA20_TIMER3_BASE 0x50
> > +#define TEGRA20_TIMER4_BASE 0x58
> > +
> > +/* Tegra 30 timers */
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER1_BASE TEGRA20_TIMER1_BASE
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER2_BASE TEGRA20_TIMER2_BASE
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER3_BASE TEGRA20_TIMER3_BASE
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER4_BASE TEGRA20_TIMER4_BASE
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER5_BASE 0x60
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER6_BASE 0x68
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER7_BASE 0x70
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER8_BASE 0x78
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER9_BASE 0x80
> > +#define TEGRA30_TIMER0_BASE 0x88
>
> Why put the SoC name in the define names? Why not just have
> TIMER1_BASE..TIMER10_BASE (that should be 10 not 0 as in your patch,
> right?) and have the driver know that 1..4 are valid on Tegra20, and
> 1..10 are valid on later chips.
>
> I guess if the defines are moved into a header file, adding a TEGRA_ prefix
> does make sense.
>
> But I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler for the Tegra WDT driver to just call a
> function on the Tegra clocksource driver to find out which timer
> ID(s) to avoid using? Even simpler would be to just put a comment in the
> WDT driver saying that timer 5 was chosen arbitrarily, but if it's changed make
> sure not to conflict with the clocksource driver (and an equivalent change to
> the clocksource driver).

Alright, I think I'll just go with putting a comment in the WDT driver then, so that
We don't need to add this new header file.
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