Bogomips and loops_per_jiffy

Allen Curtis acurtis at onz.com
Sat May 11 00:23:54 EST 2002


FYI: There is a 1 second timer in the 8260 that could be used. (Assuming
that I understand what you are referring to) I am not sure why m8260_setup.c
just sets/returns a global variable but there is/was a note there mentioning
the 1 second timer. This is what we are using. It is actually started in our
BIOS but could be done just as easily in the setup routine.

> My platform uses an 8260 processor, and AFAIK there is no RTC.
> The function


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