[U-Boot] [RFC] Review of U-Boot timer API

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Graeme Russ,

In message <4DDCBD3D.4080409 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > I see two options:
> > 
> > 1) either we can have some signal when the timer wrapes around (like
> >    an interrupt); in this case it does not matter how big the counter
> >    itself is, we just increment our own local 64 bit timestamp.
> > 
> > 2) Alternatively, I could imagine we use a 64 bit container plus a
> >    mask which specifiec how many bits are actually used - then we can 
> >    accommodate counters with any numbers of valid bits.
> > 
> 
> 3) Keep calling get_timer() (which you do when checking protocol time-outs)
> - This keeps kicking the prescaler

We cannot guarantee for this, so this is not really an option.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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