[patch 06/10] 40x decrementer fixes
Sergei Shtylyov
sshtylyov at ru.mvista.com
Sat Aug 4 03:10:19 EST 2007
I 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
It's not actually identical. When you're writing to the PIT reg on 40x,
you're alos writing to the hidden PIT auto-reload reg. which is not the case
for 440 that is true Book E.
>>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)...
I.e. the error will only accumulate. NAK.
WBR, Sergei
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