timer: Provide an early timer
In some cases the timer must be accessible before driver model is active.
Examples include when using CONFIG_TRACE to trace U-Boot's execution before
driver model is set up. Enable this option to use an early timer. These
functions must be supported by your timer driver: timer_early_get_count()
and timer_early_get_rate().
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
diff --git a/drivers/timer/Kconfig b/drivers/timer/Kconfig
index ff65a73..cb18f12 100644
--- a/drivers/timer/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/timer/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@
will be used. The timer is usually a 32 bits free-running up
counter. There may be no real tick, and no timer interrupt.
+config TIMER_EARLY
+ bool "Allow timer to be used early in U-Boot"
+ depends on TIMER
+ help
+ In some cases the timer must be accessible before driver model is
+ active. Examples include when using CONFIG_TRACE to trace U-Boot's
+ execution before driver model is set up. Enable this option to
+ use an early timer. These functions must be supported by your timer
+ driver: timer_early_get_count() and timer_early_get_rate().
+
config ALTERA_TIMER
bool "Altera timer support"
depends on TIMER