From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:17:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:25304 "EHLO h5.dl5rb.org.uk") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S21366676AbZCXNRK (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:17:10 +0000 Received: from h5.dl5rb.org.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by h5.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2ODH8lH011515; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:17:09 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by h5.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n2ODH7Ji011513; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:17:07 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:17:07 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Kevin Hickey Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] Alchemy: DB1300 blink leds on timer tick Message-ID: <20090324131707.GA6509@linux-mips.org> References: <1237582306-10800-1-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> <1237582306-10800-2-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> <1237582306-10800-3-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> <1237582306-10800-4-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> <1237582306-10800-5-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> <1237582306-10800-6-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1237582306-10800-6-git-send-email-khickey@rmicorp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 22133 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 03:51:45PM -0500, Kevin Hickey wrote: > Blinks the dots on the hex display on the DB1300 board every 1000 timer ticks. > This can help tell the difference between a soft and hard hung board. How about putting this into a software timer. The Malta does that for its ASCII display, see arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-display.c. Ralf