Hello,

I've been trying to get the CX timer working for a few days now, but I still haven't succeeded. I based my code on the official documentation; here's the said code:

#include <os.h>

#define BASE 0x900C0000
#define LOAD 0x00
#define VALUE 0x04
#define CTRL 0x08

#define CTRL_32BIT 0b00000010
#define CTRL_PERIODIC 0b01000000
#define CTRL_ENABLE 0b10000000

int main(void) {
volatile unsigned *load = (unsigned *)(BASE + LOAD);
volatile unsigned *value = (unsigned *)(BASE + VALUE);
volatile unsigned *control = (unsigned *)(BASE + CTRL);
*(volatile unsigned *)0x900B0018 &= ~(1 << 11);
*(volatile unsigned *)(BASE + 0x80) = 0xA;
*control = 0;
*load = 0xFFFFFFFF;
*control = CTRL_32BIT | CTRL_PERIODIC | CTRL_ENABLE;
printf("%u\n", *value);
sleep(3000);
printf("%u\n", *value);
return 0;
}
The timer just stays the same, and seems like it breaks the sleep() function after a first run of the program (I checked, and sleep() uses the second timer, while my code uses the first one). If anyone knows how to fix that, I'd greatly appreciate.

Thanks.

I tried setting BASE+0x80 to 0xA later but it didn't do anything. Also I checked the ARM Linux code to see how it dealt with the same timer, and it set the Value register; tried doing the same, that's why it's there. Actually I checked the code I posted in PM, and it did work to a certain extent, but now I remember the issue was with setting the Load register. It's as if it took some time before the timer became aware of the new value, and consequently measuring intervals became a mess. Well now I just decided not to play with the Load register at all. Here's the code that works for any future wanderer that might end up in this thread:

#include <os.h>

int main(void) {
volatile unsigned *value = (unsigned *)0x900C0004;
volatile unsigned *control = (unsigned *)0x900C0008;
int i;
*(volatile unsigned *)0x900B0018 &= ~(1 << 11);
*(volatile unsigned *)0x900C0080 = 0xA;
*control = 0b10100010;
unsigned start = *value;
for(i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
printf("timer: %u\n", *value);
sleep(100);
}
printf("diff: %u\n", start - *value);
return 0;
}
Thanks again.