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    clocksource: Add generic dummy timer driver · 06470651
    Mark Rutland authored
    Several architectures have a dummy timer driver tightly coupled with
    their broadcast code to support machines without cpu-local timers (or
    where there is a lack of driver support).
    
    Since 12ad1000: "clockevents: Add generic timer broadcast function"
    it's been possible to write broadcast-capable timer drivers decoupled
    from the broadcast mechanism. We can use this functionality to implement
    a generic dummy timer driver that can be shared by all architectures
    with generic tick broadcast (ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST).
    
    This patch implements a generic dummy timer using this facility.
    
    [sboyd: Make percpu data static, use __this_cpu_ptr(), move to
            early_initcall to properly register on each CPU, only
    	register if more than one CPU possible]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
    Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>,
    Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
    Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
    Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1370291642-13259-3-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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