[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 3/3][MIPS] lib_mips/time.c: Fix improper use of CFG_HZ and timer routines

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <48396D8C.8050402 at ruby.dti.ne.jp> you wrote:
>
> My udelay is already global-variable-free. And as for cycles_per_jiffy
> and expirelo, we could make it work like this:
...
> -static unsigned int expirelo;
> +static unsigned long cycles_per_jiffy = (CONFIG_MIPS_TIMER_FREQ + CFG_HZ / 2) / CFG_HZ;

If it's a constant anyway - then why do we need a variable for it?

> But I have no clue about timestamp.

Maybe there is a register that is (1) common to all or at least most
of the supported processors we could use for that? If not, then we
probably have to use the initial data structure for this.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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