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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: zjzhou@newrocktech.com
Cc: "'Mailing List: linuxppc-dev'" <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: A question on kernel clock:
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:22:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031230102235.32DD9C12DD@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:34:36 +0800." <000301c3ce9e$ff345440$b702a8c0@newrock2>


Dear John,

in message <000301c3ce9e$ff345440$b702a8c0@newrock2> you wrote:
>
> A question on kernel clock:

I wish you would explain in a bit more detail what you are talking about...

> Normally, which is kernel clock source? Can we use any one of

Normally the kernel clock source is a quartz oscillator.

Or what do you mean? "clock source"  can  mean  different  things  to
different people and may be different on differenrt processors.

The kernel uses the decrementer for the system tick.

> BRG1-8? Can we use bus clock? Which is good for choice?

Use BRG1-8? On which processor? What for?

Good for choice? On which hardware? For which purpose?

> Can anyone give me some suggestions?

Yes: please ask more specific questions.


Best regards, and a Happy New Year!

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-30 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-23 14:46 NULL-pointer dereference in ELF core dump, and proposed fix John Whitney
2003-12-24  3:51 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2003-12-30  6:34   ` A question on kernel clock: John Zhou
2003-12-30 10:22     ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2003-12-30 10:45       ` John Zhou
2003-12-30 18:49         ` Wolfgang Denk
2003-12-30 21:07           ` Dale Harris
2003-12-30 21:40             ` Wolfgang Denk
2003-12-31  4:15               ` John Zhou
2003-12-31  2:44           ` John Zhou
2003-12-31  2:44           ` about small dhcp client/server and http client/server John Zhou

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