TFTP booting is slow when a USB keyboard is installed and
CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD is defined.
The fix is to change Ctrl-C polling to every second when NET transfer
is running.
Signed-off-by: Jim Lin <ji...@nvidia.com>
---
Changes in v2:
1. Change configuration name from CONFIG_CTRLC_POLL_MS to CONFIG_CTRLC_POLL_S.
2. New code will be executed only when CONFIG_CTRLC_POLL_S is defined in
configuration header file.
3. Add description in README.console.
Changes in v3:
1. Move changes to common/usb_kbd.c and doc/README.usb
2. Rename config setting to CONFIG_USBKB_TESTC_PERIOD.
3. Remove slow response on USB-keyboard input when TFTP boot is not running.
Changes in v4:
1. Remove changes in doc/README.usb, common/usb_kbd.c and
CONFIG_USBKB_TESTC_PERIOD
2. Modify net/net.c
net/net.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index df94789..06b41e0 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ int NetLoop(enum proto_t protocol)
{
bd_t *bd = gd->bd;
int ret = -1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD
+ unsigned long kbd_ctrlc_tms = 0;
+ unsigned long ctrlc_t;
+ int ctrlc_result;
+#endif
NetRestarted = 0;
NetDevExists = 0;
@@ -472,7 +477,22 @@ restart:
/*
* Abort if ctrl-c was pressed.
*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD
+ /*
+ * Reduce ctrl-c checking to 1 second once
+ * to improve TFTP boot performance.
+ */
+ ctrlc_t = get_timer(kbd_ctrlc_tms);
+ if (ctrlc_t > CONFIG_SYS_HZ) {
+ ctrlc_result = ctrlc();
+ kbd_ctrlc_tms = get_timer(0);
+ } else {
+ ctrlc_result = 0;
+ }
+ if (ctrlc_result) {
+#else
if (ctrlc()) {
+#endif
/* cancel any ARP that may not have completed */
NetArpWaitPacketIP = 0;
--
1.7.7
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