Patch to arch/ppc/kernel/m8260_setup.c

[Jon Diekema]

At 10:16 AM 8/22/2000, you wrote:
>diekema_jon wrote:
> >
> > In order to get things to compile for the MPC8260, the following
> > patch was needed:
> >
> > dell 377} bk diffs -r1.7 -u arch/ppc/kernel/m8260_setup.c
> > ===== arch/ppc/kernel/m8260_setup.c 1.7 vs 1.8 =====
> > --- 1.7/arch/ppc/kernel/m8260_setup.c   Wed Aug  2 12:53:58 2000
> > +++ 1.8/arch/ppc/kernel/m8260_setup.c   Mon Aug 21 21:17:00 2000
> > @@ -113,9 +113,8 @@
> >
> >         freq = (binfo->bi_busfreq * 1000000);
> >          divisor = 4;
> > -        decrementer_count = freq / HZ / divisor;
> > -        count_period_num = divisor;
> > -        count_period_den = freq / 1000000;
> > +        tb_ticks_per_jiffy = freq / (divisor * HZ);
> > +        tb_to_us = mulhwu_scale_factor(freq / divisor, 1000000);
> >  }
> >
> >  /* The 8260 has an internal 1-second timer update register that

>You don't mention the source of this code (i.e. linux rev and test#).

Oops... The patch is working with Linux 2.4.0-test7

For more details on this issue see:

http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-embedded/200008/msg00109.html
http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-embedded/200008/msg00113.html
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