[U-Boot] [PATCH 02/17] Add gettime command

[Simon Glass]

Hi Wolfgang,

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Simon Glass,
>
> In message <1351902453-27956-3-git-send-email-sjg at chromium.org> you wrote:
>> From: Anton Staaf <robotboy at chromium.org>
>>
>> Gettime returns the current timer value.  If CONFIG_SYS_HZ is defined
>> then the timer value is also converted to seconds.
>>
>> Tegra20 (SeaBoard) # gettime
>> Timer val: 7754
>> Seconds : 7
>> Remainder : 754
>> sys_hz = 1000
>
> What exactly is this good for?

Just for displaying the current time value and sys_hz. If you don't
think it is useful, please say so and we will drop it.

>
> Also, are there any boards where CONFIG_SYS_HZ is NOT set?  [Which are
> these?]

There are a few:

(for f in 01_of_04_g59852d03_Merge-branch-\'master/*/autoconf.mk; do
if ! grep -q CONFIG_SYS_HZ $f; then echo $f;  fi; done) | awk -F/
'{print $2}'
M52277EVB
M52277EVB_stmicro
M53017EVB
M54418TWR
M54418TWR_nand_mii
M54418TWR_nand_rmii
M54418TWR_nand_rmii_lowfreq
M54418TWR_serial_mii
M54418TWR_serial_rmii

Regards,
Simon

>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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