[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] mpc5200: make i2c faster
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Mon Mar 23 07:24:23 CET 2009
Dear Grant Likely,
In message <fa686aa40903222000l13369f61gf93b26b4c804e383 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> Even better, since this is entirely a busywait, the udelay(1) could be
> dropped entirely and the exit condition be based on the value of
> timebase. That would give the absolute maximum resolution to the
> busyloop. However, the incremental improvement probably isn't a great
> deal better than this patch.
I disagree. Keep in mind that on systems with hardware watchdog
enabled udelay() implicitly takes care of triggering the watchdog, so
using it in busy-wait loops is always a good idea.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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