[U-Boot] [PATCH] common/xyzModem.c: Fix delay timeout calculation

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Fri Aug 26 07:18:32 CEST 2016


On 25.08.2016 20:43, Andrew F. Davis wrote:
> When waiting for input in CYGACC_COMM_IF_GETC_TIMEOUT we delay 2
> seconds by incrementing and checking a counter variable every 20
> uSeconds. The overhead in the loop calling tstc() millions of times
> causes the timeout to be closer to 20 seconds. Delay longer per iteration
> to reduce overhead and bring the timeout back closer to the correct time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew F. Davis <afd at ti.com>
> ---
>  common/xyzModem.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/common/xyzModem.c b/common/xyzModem.c
> index 5656aac..c3f2afc 100644
> --- a/common/xyzModem.c
> +++ b/common/xyzModem.c
> @@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ typedef int cyg_int32;
>  static int
>  CYGACC_COMM_IF_GETC_TIMEOUT (char chan, char *c)
>  {
> -#define DELAY 20
>    unsigned long counter = 0;
> -  while (!tstc () && (counter < xyzModem_CHAR_TIMEOUT * 1000 / DELAY))
> +  while (!tstc () && (counter < xyzModem_CHAR_TIMEOUT))
>      {
> -      udelay (DELAY);
> +      mdelay (1);
>        counter++;
>      }
>    if (tstc ())

Reviewed-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>

Thanks,
Stefan


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