[U-Boot] Timeout in tftp.c

[Achim Ehrlich <aehrlich@taskit.de>]

Jens Gehrlein schrieb:
> 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.
> 

I'm working on a custom developed board with AT91Sam9G20 and on the 
current at91-tree of u-boot, so all new. I will do further work this 
afternoon on this issue.

Kind regards

Achim

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