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[U-Boot,V2] README: document the requirements for CONFIG_SYS_HZ

Message ID 1364440001-9235-1-git-send-email-swarren@wwwdotorg.org
State Accepted
Delegated to: Tom Rini
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Stephen Warren March 28, 2013, 3:06 a.m. UTC
CONFIG_SYS_HZ must be 1000, and get_timer() must therefore return ms.
Document this.

README text provided by Tom Rini.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
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v2: Reworded the README text.
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 README |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

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Tom Rini April 3, 2013, 3:29 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 05:06:41PM -0000, Stephen Warren wrote:

> CONFIG_SYS_HZ must be 1000, and get_timer() must therefore return ms.
> Document this.
> 
> README text provided by Tom Rini.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 7f2506a..efb8cc6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -495,6 +495,13 @@  The following options need to be configured:
 		exists, unlike the similar options in the Linux kernel. Do not
 		set these options unless they apply!
 
+- CPU timer options:
+		CONFIG_SYS_HZ
+
+		The frequency of the timer returned by get_timer().
+		get_timer() must operate in milliseconds and this CONFIG
+		option must be set to 1000.
+
 - Linux Kernel Interface:
 		CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ