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From: tony@atomide.com
To: imre.deak@solidboot.com
Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: OMAP: timer32k: fix tick count calculation when reprogramming
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 01:51:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060705085059.GC4546@atomide.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060703155155.GA29815@localdomain>

* imre.deak@solidboot.com <imre.deak@solidboot.com> [060703 08:51]:
> Reprogramming takes places before putting the CPU into idle mode if
> the dynamic tick option is enabled. The timer is then set to expire
> at the next pending timer event. Because some time has already passed
> since the last reported jiffy we have to wait less than the time
> specified in jiffies.

Looks good to me. This patch seems to need an update though.

Did you do this to fix some specific problem, or just to improve timer
accuracy?

> Also make sure we don't set a load value of 0 whose outcome is
> unspecified according to the TRM.

OK

Tony

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-05  8:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-03 15:51 [PATCH] ARM: OMAP: timer32k: fix tick count calculation when reprogramming imre.deak
2006-07-05  8:51 ` tony [this message]
2006-07-05 15:58   ` imre.deak

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