PReP RTC vs Decrementer accuracy...
Dan Malek
dmalek at jlc.net
Fri Dec 11 04:53:36 EST 1998
Guy G. Sotomayor, Jr. wrote:
> Umm, but why are you keeping track of time with the decrementer?
Because that is the way it was done when I first looked at the kernel
a long time ago :-).
> .....use the timebase to keep track of time and the decrementer
> to deliver periodic interrupts?
Excellent idea. I have started to implement this on an MPC8xx board,
so I will let everyone know the results pretty quickly.
It appears the TB is part of every PPC core. If anyone knows different
please let me know.
-- Dan
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