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

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <483811E4.3070209 at ruby.dti.ne.jp> you wrote:
> 
> This patch adds 3 global variables; timestamp, cycles_per_jiffy, expirelo.
> timestamp is a 32-bit non-overflowing CFG_HZ counter. cycles_per_jiffy is
> calculated counter cycles in a CFG_HZ. And expirelo holds the count value
> for next CPU timer expiration.

Be careful - keep in mind that variables in the data segment will  be
read-only  before  relocation  to  RAM,  and variables in BSS will be
uninitialized *and* get overwritten  with  zero  when  the  BSS  gets
initialized.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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