Why not use msec & usec delays?

Because the need is nsec delays

My question is:

Why not add a portable, general purpose nsec delay function to Nuttx?

El mié, 24 mar 2021 a las 22:34, Xiang Xiao (<xiaoxiang781...@gmail.com>)
escribió:

> Another way to avoid the calibration is to reuse the hardware timer in the
> busy loop:
>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/blob/master/drivers/timers/arch_alarm.c#L60-L74
>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/blob/master/drivers/timers/arch_timer.c#L122-L144
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 11:42 AM Gregory Nutt <spudan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > > Why not call up_udelay or up_mdelay? The arch/soc should provide a best
> > > implementation for you.
> >
> > I was wondering that too.
> >
> > Also, as a side note, it is very important to calibrate the delay loop
> > using in those functions.  If the delay loop is properly calibrated,
> > these can be very accurate (but I suspect most people no longer
> > calibrate the delay loop).
> >
> > There is an app at apps/examples/calib_udelay that can be used to do
> that.
> >
> >
>

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