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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2003, Psyent Corporation <www.psyent.com>
+ * Scott McNutt <smcnutt@psyent.com>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+
+
+extern void dly_clks( unsigned long ticks );
+
+void udelay(unsigned long usec)
+{
+	/* The Nios core doesn't have a timebase, so we do our
+	 * best for now and call a low-level loop that counts
+	 * cpu clocks.
+	 */
+	unsigned long cnt = (CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ/1000000) * usec;
+	dly_clks (cnt);
+}