[patch 06/10] 40x decrementer fixes

Sergei Shtylyov sshtylyov at ru.mvista.com
Sat Aug 4 02:47:03 EST 2007


Josh Boyer wrote:

> Allow generic_calibrate_decr to work for 40x platforms.  Given that the hardware
> behavior is identical, this also changes the set_dec function to reload the PIT
> on 40x to match the behavior 44x currently has.

    Why bother doing this?! This will only warrant you imprecise decrementer 
interrupts while it should be interrupting at the precise period currently (if 
you load PIT once)...

WBR, Sergei



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