[rtems-docs commit] Add warning to Timer Driver chapter
Sebastian Huber
sebh at rtems.org
Fri Dec 23 13:40:39 UTC 2016
Module: rtems-docs
Branch: master
Commit: 9038b999f77a5ea5bd1a556bcd6d243f34ac607d
Changeset: http://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=9038b999f77a5ea5bd1a556bcd6d243f34ac607d
Author: Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>
Date: Tue Dec 20 13:04:59 2016 +0100
Add warning to Timer Driver chapter
Move Timer Driver chapter.
Update #2847.
---
bsp-howto/index.rst | 2 +-
bsp-howto/timer.rst | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bsp-howto/index.rst b/bsp-howto/index.rst
index ac0d5c0..68a9c35 100644
--- a/bsp-howto/index.rst
+++ b/bsp-howto/index.rst
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ to the Community Project hosted at http://www.rtems.org.
clock
i2c
spi
- timer
real_time_clock
networking
shared_memory_support
frame_buffer
+ timer
ata
ide_controller
command
diff --git a/bsp-howto/timer.rst b/bsp-howto/timer.rst
index f0ec09b..b5e6bb6 100644
--- a/bsp-howto/timer.rst
+++ b/bsp-howto/timer.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
Timer Driver
************
+.. warning::
+
+ The Timer Driver is superfluous and should be replaced by the RTEMS counter
+ support. Ask on the mailing list if you plan to write a Timer Driver.
+
The timer driver is primarily used by the RTEMS Timing Tests. This driver
provides as accurate a benchmark timer as possible. It typically reports its
time in microseconds, CPU cycles, or bus cycles. This information can be very
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