Re: [coreboot] Boot flow flexibility changes

[Aaron Durbin]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:00 PM, ron minnich  wrote:
> Am I doing the math right ...
>
> a 32-bit microsecond timer is about 20 minutes. If we ever take more
> than 20 seconds we need a new job.
>
> That was my logic.

You are doing your math correctly. However, not all platforms may have
this perfect 1MHz clock. That means the microsecond resolution clock
needs to be derived off of a faster ticking hardware clock. That's
where we need to be more careful about polling intervals against the
hardware source clock. Anyway, it's not impossible; tick rates just
need to be worked out.

-Aaron