[U-Boot] core ticks/timer code

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Mar 31 17:48:01 CEST 2009


Dear Scott McNutt,

In message <49D2014F.4070802 at psyent.com> you wrote:
> > so if we were to document things, it should read like this:
> >  - CONFIG_SYS_HZ is required to be 1000
> 
> Can't this just be eliminated? It's stupid to have a configurable
> option that is neither ;-)
> 
> And it doesn't do much for my confidence when things stop working
> (like my tftp downloads now that the tftp timeout has been, ahem,
> "fixed") only because a "configurable" option wasn't set to the
> "correct" value.
> 
> If we can't change it with breaking something, then let's stop
> kidding ourselves and get rid of it.

Agreed.

We still need some hint that the timer works in millisecond
resolution, though - no matter what you call it.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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