[U-Boot] Query on timeouts with NetSetTimeout

[Dirk Behme]

Hi Mani,

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear "Pillai, Manikandan",
> 
> In message <19F8576C6E063C45BE387C64729E739403FA90441B at dbde02.ent.ti.com> you wrote:
>>
>> The NetSetTimeout() invokes get_timer() to do its operations. The
>> get_timer() should return the counter value. It's not always true
>> that the counter runs at millisecond clock. I believe the earlier
> 
> We call this a bug, then. get_timer() is specified to return tick os
> one millisecond resolution.
> 
> If your code behaves differently, it needs to be fixed.
> 
>> versions of the NetSetTimeout calls in u-boot/net directory used to
>> have a multiple of CONFIG_SYS_HZ for timeout that could easily be
>> used to get required timeout for different platforms.
> 
> That code was cleaned up some time ago. If there are board ports
> which define CONFIG_SYS_HZ to anything else by the mandatory value
> of 1000 (like OMAP seems to do), then such ports are broken and need
> to be fixed.

Do you kindly like to look into the two issues Wolfgang mentions here, 
test and send a patch? Sounds like you understood the issue and can 
test it ;)

Many thanks

Dirk

P.S.: Looping in BeagleBoard list.