[U-Boot-Users] PATCH: fix timer overflow in DaVinci

[Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@googlemail.com>]

Peter Pearse wrote:
> Dirk, Alex
> 	Did this get tested? 

I looked again into it. As I now have real hardware, I can test it.

> If so did it pass?

Yes. At least for me ;) I tested with (x) >> 1 (division by 2, didn't 
want to wait ~42 minutes) and the wrap around time was doubled.

> 	Shall I treat it as a submitted patch?

Yes, please. Thanks for asking!

Best regards

Dirk

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
>>[mailto:u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
>>Of Dirk Behme
>>Sent: 20 October 2007 07:24
>>To: Alex Shnitman
>>Cc: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] PATCH: fix timer overflow in DaVinci
>>
>>Wolfgang Denk wrote:
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>>>In message 
>>
>><265CBF1670611D47B47E67959D02EBE3C381D8@mngilex001.Jerusalem.m
> 
> angodsp.com> you wrote:
> 
>>>>The get_timer() function in DaVinci's timer.c doesn't 
>>
>>handle overflow 
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>>>>-- it simply subtracts the "base" from the current time, but if the 
>>>>timer overflowed and the current time is smaller than base, 
>>
>>a negative 
>>
>>>>number results. The attached patch fixes that.
>>>
>>>I think this is the wrong approach. get_timer() should not have to 
>>>deal with wrap arounds, because get_timer_masked() is suppsoed to 
>>>handle this internally. So please fix it there.
>>
>>Do you like to test this? It should decrease the counter 
>>values from the timer running at high frequency by division. 
>>With this, we should have some more time before timestamp 
>>wraps around.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>
>>
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