From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:20:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121214222019.5A729200CDB@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50CAF0CB.1050108@st.com>
Dear Vipin Kumar,
In message <50CAF0CB.1050108@st.com> you wrote:
> ping again
pong ;-)
> On 12/6/2012 2:52 PM, Vipin KUMAR wrote:
> > Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the
> > CPU core itself. This patch adds generic support for local timer.
What would be the use of such timer support? Is there any code that
actually needs it, and why does it need anything beyond the existing
timer support we have?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-14 22:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-06 9:22 [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus Vipin Kumar
2012-12-12 10:01 ` Vipin Kumar
2012-12-14 9:26 ` Vipin Kumar
2012-12-14 22:20 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2012-12-16 7:44 ` Dennis Lan
2012-12-17 4:24 ` Vipin Kumar
2012-12-17 17:53 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-12-17 17:50 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-12-18 4:39 ` Vipin Kumar
2012-12-17 10:39 ` Armando Visconti
2013-02-03 13:58 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2013-02-06 6:46 ` Vipin Kumar
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