[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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