Re: [RFC PATCH] target/mips/cp0_timer: Use new clock_ns_to_ticks()

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <f4bug@amsat.org>]

On 2/21/21 9:12 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 at 20:07, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/11/21 12:43 AM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>> Use the new clock_ns_to_ticks() function in cp0_timer where
>>> appropriate. This allows us to remove CPUMIPSState::cp0_count_ns
>>> and mips_cp0_period_set().
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
>>> ---
>>> Based-on: <20210209132040.5091-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org>
>>>
>>> RFC because this is just a starter patch to test Peter's series
>>> providing a handy function which "tells me how many times this
>>> clock would tick in this length of time".
>>>
>>> Also because we could rethink the MIPS CP0 timer logic to avoid
>>> too frequent divu128 calls (painful on 32-bit hosts).
>>>
>>> The style should be updated, using more variables for easier
>>> review. env_archcpu() could eventually be dropped (by passing
>>> MIPSCPU* instead of CPUMIPSState*).
>>
>> I guess it is better to wait for Peter patches to get merged
>> before posting the updated patches (not much, just one previous
>> patch MIPSCPU* instead of CPUMIPSState*).
> 
> This patch is still on my to-review queue, fwiw (though I am
> taking a week off work next week, so I probably won't get to
> it til March.)

Thanks for the update, I'll repost during the first day of March
then :) Also I'll try to rebase my "hw/char/serial: Use the Clock
API to feed the UART reference clock" too.

Regards,

Phil.