[U-Boot] Timeout in tftp.c

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue May 12 20:48:41 CEST 2009


Dear Achim Ehrlich,

In message <4A0969FC.2060504 at taskit.de> you wrote:
> 
> The timeout for lost packages in tftp.c is defined to 5000 msecs. But 
> when setting the timeout get_timer(0) is called in NetSetTimeout in net.c.
> But on AT91 the timer code returns usecs and not msecs resulting in a 
> timeout of 5 ms instead of 5 secs, which is kind of short. I looked in 
> the timer code of other ARM-based platforms and they seem to use 
> usec-based timers as well.
> Of course I can change the defined timeout in tftp.c to one second or 
> so, but that doesn't seem to be the right way to solve this issue.
> 
> Any suggestions or ideas or do I miss something here?

Any chance that you are using an old version of U-Boot?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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