Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2013-02-05 Thread Vipin Kumar
On 2/3/2013 7:28 PM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: Hi Vipin, On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 14:52:55 +0530, Vipin Kumarvipin.ku...@st.com wrote: Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the CPU core itself. This patch adds generic support for local timer. Signed-off-by: Vipin

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2013-02-03 Thread Albert ARIBAUD
Hi Vipin, On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 14:52:55 +0530, Vipin Kumar vipin.ku...@st.com wrote: Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the CPU core itself. This patch adds generic support for local timer. Signed-off-by: Vipin Kumar vipin.ku...@st.com ---

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-17 Thread Armando Visconti
Ciao Vipin, Yes, I agree about the need to have the generic local_timer support in u-boot. Internally I was not able to give comment about this part. So, see my comments now. On 12/06/2012 10:22 AM, Vipin KUMAR wrote: Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-17 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Dennis Lan (dlan), In message CAF1ZMEcVWc3DNdcb7gQ60D-8Nx-MHOpkLs=ey0ph2w_lgco...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: What would be the use of such timer support? Is there any code that actually needs it, and why does it need anything beyond the existing timer support we have? I think

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-17 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Vipin Kumar, In message 50ce9e90.1090...@st.com you wrote: Dennis is right. I am trying to provide the armv7 local timer support. Why would we need such? And how is the term local defined here? Local to what? Well, actually the local timer was used in the spear13xx support which is

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-16 Thread Vipin Kumar
On 12/16/2012 1:14 PM, Dennis Lan (dlan) wrote: Hi On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Wolfgang Denk w...@denx.de mailto:w...@denx.de wrote: Dear Vipin Kumar, In message 50caf0cb.1050...@st.com mailto:50caf0cb.1050...@st.com you wrote: ping again pong ;-) On

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-15 Thread Dennis Lan (dlan)
Hi On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Wolfgang Denk w...@denx.de wrote: Dear Vipin Kumar, In message 50caf0cb.1050...@st.com you wrote: ping again pong ;-) On 12/6/2012 2:52 PM, Vipin KUMAR wrote: Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the CPU

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-14 Thread Vipin Kumar
ping again On 12/6/2012 2:52 PM, Vipin KUMAR wrote: Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the CPU core itself. This patch adds generic support for local timer. Signed-off-by: Vipin Kumarvipin.ku...@st.com --- arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile | 11 ++-

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-14 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Vipin Kumar, In message 50caf0cb.1050...@st.com you wrote: ping again pong ;-) On 12/6/2012 2:52 PM, Vipin KUMAR wrote: Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the CPU core itself. This patch adds generic support for local timer. What would be

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH resend] armv7/ltimer: Add support for local timer on armv7 cpus

2012-12-12 Thread Vipin Kumar
ping On 12/6/2012 2:52 PM, Vipin KUMAR wrote: Certain ARMV7 cpus eg. CortexA9 contains a local and a global timer within the CPU core itself. This patch adds generic support for local timer. Signed-off-by: Vipin Kumarvipin.ku...@st.com --- arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile | 11 ++-