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On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Dear Vipin Kumar, > > In message <50caf0cb.1050...@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? > Hi wolfgang: I think vipin here is trying to provide a generic timer support for ARMV7 architecture, which contains private(local) and global timer. It's general a good thing which means we can maximize the code usage.. Actually I was planing to test the code, but haven't find the time yet ;-) Hi vipin: why you only support local timer(private)? shouldn't it different to support global timer too? > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > There is a time in the tides of men, Which, taken at its flood, leads > on to success. On the other hand, don't count on it. - T. K. Lawson > _______________________________________________ > U-Boot mailing list > U-Boot@lists.denx.de > http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot >
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