[U-Boot] [PATCH] nand_base: Add timeout for NAND reset command

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Peter Tyser,

In message <1233782967.7067.338.camel at localhost.localdomain> you wrote:
>
> > get_ticks() not a public interface. It should not be used in any
> > common code.
> > 
> > Please use get_timer().

Ah, I see.

> The problem is that the NAND code is used prior to interrupts being
> enabled, thus we can't use get_timer().  I used a hokey delay based on
> (read times * number of iterations).  Whats worse, my hokey loop or
> get_ticks()?

I can't tell. Thing is that get_ticks() may or may not exist. I don't
think all architectures have it. I don't see it for ixp, leon*, mcf*,
microblaze, mips, nios*, ...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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