openrisc-timer: Reduce overhead, Separate clock update functions

The clock value is only evaluated when really necessary reducing
the overhead of the timer handling.

This also solves a problem in the way the Linux kernel
handles the timer and the expected accuracy.
The old version could lead to inaccurate timings.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Macke <sebastian@macke.de>
Reviewed-by: Jia Liu <proljc@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jia Liu <proljc@gmail.com>
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Sebastian Macke 2013-10-22 02:12:41 +02:00 committed by Jia Liu
parent ae52bd96ce
commit d51552176a
3 changed files with 38 additions and 30 deletions

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@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ void cpu_openrisc_pic_init(OpenRISCCPU *cpu);
/* hw/openrisc_timer.c */
void cpu_openrisc_clock_init(OpenRISCCPU *cpu);
void cpu_openrisc_count_update(OpenRISCCPU *cpu);
void cpu_openrisc_timer_update(OpenRISCCPU *cpu);
void cpu_openrisc_count_start(OpenRISCCPU *cpu);
void cpu_openrisc_count_stop(OpenRISCCPU *cpu);