[U-Boot] core ticks/timer code

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Scott Wood,

In message <20090331213202.GB19920 at ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> you wrote:
>
> Is there any particular reason not to change the powerpc get_timer
> implementation to use the timebase (scaled down to ms)?

I think so. There are some boards where we actually measure the system
clock frequency against a known reference clock. IIRC this requires
the TB to be independent, or something like that. [It's a long time
since that code was written.]

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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