Dear Graeme Russ,
In message <4ddf543d.6020...@gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> >> I think we will need to define get_timer() weak - Nios will have to
> >> override the default implementation to cater for it's (Nios') limitations
> >
> > Please don't - isn't the purpose of this whole discussion to use
> > common code for this ?
> >
>
> Yes, but Nios is particularly bad - It has a 10ms tick counter :(
>
> I don't see reason for hamstring other platforms when a simply weak
> function can get around it
Why does NIOS require a different get_timer() implementation?
Nobody claims that get_timer() has any specific resolution. It is
perfectly legal that a loop like
for (;;) {
u32 t = get_time();
printf("t=%ul\n", t);
}
returns 100 millisecond increments.
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Wolfgang Denk
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