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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2006-10-20 21:05:20 -0400
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2006-10-21 18:17:35 -0400
commit224dc50ece1b40f8cff5ecadd42a6b2691e231de (patch)
treee03d1b127e931b54aaea9579a211988a3f7f4c16 /Documentation
parentcb7fabcf9d4340b61f012cc7e8e3d7ff5c4f441c (diff)
[MIPS] Cleanup remaining references to mips_counter_frequency.
Noticed by Samium Gromoff but his patch got stale in flight ... Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mips/time.README10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/mips/time.README b/Documentation/mips/time.README
index 69ddc5c14b79..e1304b6bc483 100644
--- a/Documentation/mips/time.README
+++ b/Documentation/mips/time.README
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ the following functions or values:
63 a) board_time_init - a function pointer. Invoked at the beginnig of 63 a) board_time_init - a function pointer. Invoked at the beginnig of
64 time_init(). It is optional. 64 time_init(). It is optional.
65 1. (optional) set up RTC routines 65 1. (optional) set up RTC routines
66 2. (optional) calibrate and set the mips_counter_frequency 66 2. (optional) calibrate and set the mips_hpt_frequency
67 67
68 b) plat_timer_setup - a function pointer. Invoked at the end of time_init() 68 b) plat_timer_setup - a function pointer. Invoked at the end of time_init()
69 1. (optional) over-ride any decisions made in time_init() 69 1. (optional) over-ride any decisions made in time_init()
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ the following functions or values:
72 72
73 c) (optional) board-specific RTC routines. 73 c) (optional) board-specific RTC routines.
74 74
75 d) (optional) mips_counter_frequency - It must be definied if the board 75 d) (optional) mips_hpt_frequency - It must be definied if the board
76 is using CPU counter for timer interrupt or it is using fixed rate 76 is using CPU counter for timer interrupt or it is using fixed rate
77 gettimeoffset(). 77 gettimeoffset().
78 78
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Step 1: decide how you like to implement the time services.
104 or use an exnternal timer? 104 or use an exnternal timer?
105 105
106 In order to use CPU counter register as the timer interrupt source, you 106 In order to use CPU counter register as the timer interrupt source, you
107 must know the counter speed (mips_counter_frequency). It is usually the 107 must know the counter speed (mips_hpt_frequency). It is usually the
108 same as the CPU speed or an integral divisor of it. 108 same as the CPU speed or an integral divisor of it.
109 109
110 d) decide on whether you want to use high-level or low-level timer 110 d) decide on whether you want to use high-level or low-level timer
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ Step 3: implement rtc routines, board_time_init() and plat_timer_setup()
121 if needed. 121 if needed.
122 122
123 board_time_init() - 123 board_time_init() -
124 a) (optional) set up RTC routines, 124 a) (optional) set up RTC routines,
125 b) (optional) calibrate and set the mips_counter_frequency 125 b) (optional) calibrate and set the mips_hpt_frequency
126 (only needed if you intended to use fixed_rate_gettimeoffset 126 (only needed if you intended to use fixed_rate_gettimeoffset
127 or use cpu counter as timer interrupt source) 127 or use cpu counter as timer interrupt source)
128 128