[MIPS] Fix and cleanup the MIPS part of the (ab)use of CLOCK_TICK_RATE.

This is the clock rate of the i8253 PIT.  A MIPS system may not have
a PIT by the symbol is used all over the kernel including some APIs.
So keeping it defined to the number for the PIT is the only sane thing
for now.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

6 files changed, 5 insertions, 91 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/timex.h b/include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/timex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e3ada66cb636..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/timex.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003 by Ralf Baechle
- */
-#ifndef __ASM_MACH_AU1X00_TIMEX_H
-#define __ASM_MACH_AU1X00_TIMEX_H
-
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		((HZ * 100000UL) / 2)
-
-#endif /* __ASM_MACH_AU1X00_TIMEX_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/timex.h b/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/timex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 48b4cfaa0d50..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/timex.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 by Ralf Baechle
- */
-#ifndef __ASM_MACH_GENERIC_TIMEX_H
-#define __ASM_MACH_GENERIC_TIMEX_H
-
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		500000
-
-#endif /* __ASM_MACH_GENERIC_TIMEX_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/mach-jazz/timex.h b/include/asm-mips/mach-jazz/timex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 93affa33dfa8..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-mips/mach-jazz/timex.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003 by Ralf Baechle
- */
-#ifndef __ASM_MACH_JAZZ_TIMEX_H
-#define __ASM_MACH_JAZZ_TIMEX_H
-
-/*
- * Jazz is still using the R4030 100Hz counter
- */
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		100
-
-#endif /* __ASM_MACH_JAZZ_TIMEX_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/mach-qemu/timex.h b/include/asm-mips/mach-qemu/timex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index cd543693fb0a..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-mips/mach-qemu/timex.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005 Daniel Jacobowitz
- */
-#ifndef __ASM_MACH_QEMU_TIMEX_H
-#define __ASM_MACH_QEMU_TIMEX_H
-
-/*
- * We use a simulated i8254 PIC...
- */
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		1193182
-
-#endif /* __ASM_MACH_QEMU_TIMEX_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/mach-rm/timex.h b/include/asm-mips/mach-rm/timex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 11ff6cb0f214..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-mips/mach-rm/timex.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 by Ralf Baechle
- */
-#ifndef __ASM_MACH_RM200_TIMEX_H
-#define __ASM_MACH_RM200_TIMEX_H
-
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE		1193182
-
-#endif /* __ASM_MACH_RM200_TIMEX_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/timex.h b/include/asm-mips/timex.h
index 87c68ae76ff8..5816ad1569d6 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/timex.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/timex.h
@@ -13,27 +13,12 @@
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 
 /*
- * This is the frequency of the timer used for Linux's timer interrupt.
- * The value should be defined as accurate as possible or under certain
- * circumstances Linux timekeeping might become inaccurate or fail.
- *
- * For many system the exact clockrate of the timer isn't known but due to
- * the way this value is used we can get away with a wrong value as long
- * as this value is:
- *
- *  - a multiple of HZ
- *  - a divisor of the actual rate
- *
- * 500000 is a good such cheat value.
- *
- * The obscure number 1193182 is the same as used by the original i8254
- * time in legacy PC hardware; the chip unfortunately also found in a
- * bunch of MIPS systems.  The last remaining user of the i8254 for the
- * timer interrupt is the RM200; it's a very standard system so there is
- * no reason to make this a separate architecture.
+ * This is the clock rate of the i8253 PIT.  A MIPS system may not have
+ * a PIT by the symbol is used all over the kernel including some APIs.
+ * So keeping it defined to the number for the PIT is the only sane thing
+ * for now.
  */
-
-#include <timex.h>
+#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE 1193182
 
 /*
  * Standard way to access the cycle counter.