[U-Boot] Timeout in tftp.c

[Jens Gehrlein <sew_s@tqs.de>]

Wolfgang Denk schrieb:
> Dear Achim Ehrlich,
> 
> In message <4A0969FC.2060504@taskit.de> you wrote:
>> The timeout for lost packages in tftp.c is defined to 5000 msecs. But 
>> when setting the timeout get_timer(0) is called in NetSetTimeout in net.c.
>> But on AT91 the timer code returns usecs and not msecs resulting in a 
>> timeout of 5 ms instead of 5 secs, which is kind of short. I looked in 
>> the timer code of other ARM-based platforms and they seem to use 
>> usec-based timers as well.
>> Of course I can change the defined timeout in tftp.c to one second or 
>> so, but that doesn't seem to be the right way to solve this issue.
>>
>> Any suggestions or ideas or do I miss something here?
> 
> Any chance that you are using an old version of U-Boot?

Hi Achim,

I'm interested in this, too. I observed timeouts on ARM11 (MX31),
but couldn't do any investigation due to other projects.

Kind regards,
Jens