[U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Vipin Kumar,

In message <50CAF0CB.1050108 at st.com> you wrote:
> ping again

pong ;-)

> On 12/6/2012 2:52 PM, Vipin KUMAR wrote:
> > Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the
> > CPU core itself.  This patch adds generic support for local timer.

What would be the use of such timer support?  Is there any code that
actually needs it, and why does it need anything beyond the existing
timer support we have?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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