On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Detlev Zundel <d...@denx.de> wrote: > Hi Simon, > > [...] > >> I believe I have covered this ground very thoroughly and would like >> advice please on what to do next. The options I can see are: > > As Graeme points out, you got enough positive feedback that I encourage > you to continue and address the comments.
OK, it would be nice to have a note from Wolfgang since without his OK it won't make it in, right? > >> - change the code to use a fallback when a microsecond timer is not >> available > > Excuse me for not diving into that too deep, but from my top-level > overview, it would seem like a good idea that if an architecture _has_ a > microsecond timer, it could use generic code to massage that into the > HZ=1000 API that we currently use with the addition of offering the > extended precision. Your code then would need such a fallback and could > work with the best precision offered by the architecture. New > architectures with microsecond timers would need to only implement the > new microsecond timer infrastructure and be done with it. Yes I suggested that a few emails ago but didn't get a response. >> - integrate with boot progress > > The current boot progress to me seems pretty ugly and could do with a > make-over. So if it is possible to merge those two logical functions, > we would have a win-win situation. OK fair enough. I will do this if there is agreement that this type of boot timing is worth having. Wolfgang can you please chime in here? Regards, Simon > >> - something else? drop it? > > No, please don't - I think you created enough interest to carry on. > > Cheers > Detlev > > -- > Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning. > -- Edsger Dijkstra > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: d...@denx.de > _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
