/* mpc52xx_gpt.c */
struct mpc52xx_gpt_priv;
extern struct mpc52xx_gpt_priv *mpc52xx_gpt_from_irq(int irq);
-extern int mpc52xx_gpt_start_timer(struct mpc52xx_gpt_priv *gpt, int period,
+extern int mpc52xx_gpt_start_timer(struct mpc52xx_gpt_priv *gpt, u64 period,
int continuous);
extern void mpc52xx_gpt_stop_timer(struct mpc52xx_gpt_priv *gpt);
/**
* mpc52xx_gpt_start_timer - Set and enable the GPT timer
* @gpt: Pointer to gpt private data structure
- * @period: period of timer
+ * @period: period of timer in ns; max. ~130s @ 33MHz IPB clock
* @continuous: set to 1 to make timer continuous free running
*
* An interrupt will be generated every time the timer fires
*/
-int mpc52xx_gpt_start_timer(struct mpc52xx_gpt_priv *gpt, int period,
+int mpc52xx_gpt_start_timer(struct mpc52xx_gpt_priv *gpt, u64 period,
int continuous)
{
u32 clear, set;
* arithmatic is done here to preserve the precision until the value
* is scaled back down into the u32 range. Period is in 'ns', bus
* frequency is in Hz. */
- clocks = (u64)period * (u64)gpt->ipb_freq;
+ clocks = period * (u64)gpt->ipb_freq;
do_div(clocks, 1000000000); /* Scale it down to ns range */
/* This device cannot handle a clock count greater than 32 bits */