High resolution timers on AT91SAM926x

From: Bosko Radivojevic
Date: Sat Mar 01 2008 - 13:00:38 EST


Hi!

Is there a way to enable high resolution timers on AT91SAM926x? The
best resolution I can get (kernel 2.6.23.11-rt14 with at91 patch from
maxim.org.za) is around 1ms. Is there any other way to get timers with
better resolution?

When I enable CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME and CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS (as
prerequisites for CONFIG_HIGH_RES) I'm unable to compile at91 part of
kernel.

Is there any "unofficial" patch? I saw that in 2.6.24 high res is
supported for ARM, but AT91 still lacks support.


$ cat /proc/timer_list
Timer List Version: v0.3
HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 2
now at 11995813000 nsecs

cpu: 0
clock 0:
.index: 0
.resolution: 999961 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_real
active timers:
clock 1:
.index: 1
.resolution: 999961 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get
active timers:
#0: <c388de9c>, it_real_fn, S:01
# expires at 1207195374000 nsecs [in 1195199561000 nsecs]

Thanks!
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